I disagree. Each of those things he compounded by adding one to the other. He's successful and that support structure he's built around himself along with his nutritional discipline allows him to essentially "overcome" the disorder.
The guy is giving speeches on networking to the first group of Thiel Fellows and he blogs on Forbes. Nothing he's saying seems irrational or ridiculous. Being a so-called "beast" in your field doesn't mean you are mentally ill.
Cures exist for mental illness; mostly by nutrition, therapy, hard work and strong social ties.
This is one of medicine's major problems: such a study is considered to be required, yet no one with enough funds (read: big pharma) will execute a study of the enormous size required to control for all these variables (because there is nothing to be gained for them). For all we know, every mental illness is cured in 80% of the cases by changing to -- and adhering to -- a healthy lifestyle. As the situation is, there will never be a study that proves it.
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I disagree. Each of those things he compounded by adding one to the other. He's successful and that support structure he's built around himself along with his nutritional discipline allows him to essentially "overcome" the disorder.
The guy is giving speeches on networking to the first group of Thiel Fellows and he blogs on Forbes. Nothing he's saying seems irrational or ridiculous. Being a so-called "beast" in your field doesn't mean you are mentally ill.
Cures exist for mental illness; mostly by nutrition, therapy, hard work and strong social ties.
> Cures exist for mental illness; mostly by nutrition, therapy, hard work and strong social ties.
[Citations to peer-reviewed, double-blind, placebo-controlled studies needed]
This is one of medicine's major problems: such a study is considered to be required, yet no one with enough funds (read: big pharma) will execute a study of the enormous size required to control for all these variables (because there is nothing to be gained for them). For all we know, every mental illness is cured in 80% of the cases by changing to -- and adhering to -- a healthy lifestyle. As the situation is, there will never be a study that proves it.
So how do you know it's 80% - sounds pretty confident.