The Essential Psychopathology Of Creativity

Monday, September 20, 2010 - 15:08 in Psychology & Sociology

If we could identify a gene for creativity, let's call it the "creativity gene", you would be hard pressed to find very many people who would consider it a negative gene or a hazard to possess or carry. But what if, purely hypothetically, we could identify a gene for Schizophrenia? Or Bipolar Disorder? Or Depressive Disorder? Or ADHD? Would you select for those traits if you could genetically engineer your offspring at will? If you wanted to give birth to a creative child, the answer should be yes. read more

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