Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Chapter 3: specialization as monomania
This chapter explains in depth how scientists are labeled monomanics. Scientist today, compared to one's in the past, are just as obsessive with their work. But at the same time they may not want to think about their work all the time. Instead, since thinking on a single thing could produce monomania, that notion of that obsession may led to madness. Madness was viewed as "normal" because obsessive behaviors that could lead to madness could at the same time lead to science.
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True scientists today are definitely different than when you compare the scientists of the 18th and 19th century. Back than you would have scientists that was so involved in their work that they would barely have time to themselves or even their family. In today's society I think that scientists balance their time a little better.
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