The
story, A Beautiful Mind,
by Sylvia Nasar, is everything but
a beautiful mind. It is the story of one man's mental illness,
schizophrenia. The long Prologue tries to make the reader believe
John Nash was a mathematical genius that lapsed into a twenty-year
breakdown and when he miraculously came out of it, he still had a
beautiful mind.
John
Nash is surrounded by Jews at such schools as MIT, Princeton and
Cambridge. Nash was one of only a few non-Jews. Just as
Machiavelli wrote The
Prince
for the Medici (Jewish) family in Venice during the 1500s, I believe
A beautiful Mind
was written to tell people how many Jews are in academia. Many
people I have spoken to that have read The
Prince,
dislike it because it tells leaders to lie. I liked the book because
it was a 'blueprint' on why leaders (or princes) must lie to keep
their positions. The same is with A
Beautiful Mind.
It shows the reader what goes on in our colleges and universities
and who runs them.
John
Nash had an illegitimate son and a legitimate son and refused to
support either. After his mental illness was in remission, his first
son was free of any mental illness but his second son developed
schizophrenia. Even after Nash reconciled somewhat with his first
son, he still said insulting and cruel things to him.
This
story, however, does explain a lot about mental illnesses and how
people react to them. It asks the question of whether schizophrenia
can really be 'cured' and also states that manic depression could
more easily be cured. What I have witnessed is that manic depression
can never be 'cured' because the axioms and neurons that develop in the
brain have been hardwired before the age of ten. Drugs can 'change'
the behavior of Manics and schizophrenics but does not cure them.
It
appears that John Nash was born again after his mental illness
subsided. It was as though he began learning the social and
emotional skills that he never had, those skills being thwarted by
this genius. Einstein, a Jew, was also a mathematical genius and
although strange acting, did not seem to have a breakdown as Nash
did. Perhaps Einstein wasn't quite as intelligent as John Nash.
I
have known a couple of high-IQ geniuses. Both were drawn to the
military and both were paranoid, believing people in grocery stores
were saying 'things' to them or someone would go into their homes to
put a penny on the table, tails up. Having a high IQ is not a
blessing. It is more like an 'acceptable' mental illness because of
their genius in academic fields.
More
remarkable than a genius are those people who are very intelligent,
wise, well adjusted and kind without an IQ of 150. But there seems to be no story
about 'normal' people, those people who are level-headed, logical and
know the answers to most of life's questions, yet are humble.
From
reading this book, I came away with the distinct feeling that it was
more of a boast book for Jews in academia. Jews and liberals
saturate our schools of higher learning. I believe that John Nash
was just an excuse to brag about those in academia and how ironic
that the only mathematician that went crazy was an Episcopalian.
