Creative minds: the links between mental illness and creativity

To <i>see</i> something that does not exist (and then create it) is surely out of touch with reality, and a form of psychosis.<p><i>The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.</i> George Bernard Shaw

From the article: "Scientists were the least affected, while artists and writers had increased diagnoses of psychosis."<p>My guess is that artists and writers are more creative than scientists due to the randomness of a flawed brain.<p>But obviously we can get randomness from other sources such as computers. So maybe normal brains in combination with computers can be creative too.

The author states '. Evolutionary theory suggests that in order for them to be still here, there must be some kind of survival advantage to them.'<p>However, if this were true, wouldn't that mean illnesses like Cancer would also have a survival advantage?

Now I have an important question. How should I properly take myself to the brink of insanity in order to boost creativity and flexibility of thought? Something to think about ...

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