Yossarian, you said, "Much better is to accept the world as it is even if there is pain in doing so."
Would you have also said this to Einstein? Or any other great thinker who fundamentally changed how we view the world? I wonder if they would have agreed, because their view of the world is acceptable to them. Further, my view of the world as it is is a far cry from how you view the world. My view of the world is acceptable to me; I am "winning" in my reality. Should Plato sadly accept that he is not winning in his world, and just.. bend himself to fit a mold that does not fit him? Or, should he do the empowered thing, and test the structure instead? When you are caught in a trap, what do you do? Break out of the trap, or accept the 'trapped-ness' of your reality, and die inside it?
"Reality is real whether you like it or not. The truth is true whether you sanction it or not. This doesn't just apply to gravity, it applies to psychology as well, it applies to the mind."
Well, um, at least we agree that reality is real. Fortunately, I like what I am seeing. I disagree otherwise with your extrapolations. There is no absolute truth of the mind; scientists are questioning long-held dogmas that relate to the anatomic structure and function of the brain, so if we have yet to agree on the structure of the brain, how can we come to any consensus on the "truth" of the mind? Are you a psychologist, yossarian? Do you have any real insight here?
As to your definitions of narcissism, I'd like to see some sources or for you to explain how you derived this. Better to explain how you arrived at this conclusion before proclaiming someone has a mental disorder.
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