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Madness and Theory of Mind
Mar. 12th, 2005 01:06 pmReading some articles about brain disorders, as you do, I had some thoughts on River and the basis for her madness in Firefly.
( Spoilers for Earshot (BtVS) and Ariel (Firefly) )
ETA since writing this I came across the following quote from Niko Tinbergen
“Some people try to extrapolate from our studies to human behaviour but if you wish to learn about the behaviour of man don’t ask the ethologist; turn rather to the great writers. Read Dostoevsky, read Tolstoy.”
Which is also what I was trying to say but with less words.
( Spoilers for Earshot (BtVS) and Ariel (Firefly) )
ETA since writing this I came across the following quote from Niko Tinbergen
“Some people try to extrapolate from our studies to human behaviour but if you wish to learn about the behaviour of man don’t ask the ethologist; turn rather to the great writers. Read Dostoevsky, read Tolstoy.”
Which is also what I was trying to say but with less words.