The book "Genius on the Left, Madman on the Right" is believed to have been read by many people.
In the form of interviews, the author Gao Ming recorded the thoughts and thoughts of many mentally ill people.
The mental patients in the book each have their own set of logical and self-consistent world views, such as the person who regards himself as the protagonist and author of the book, treats everything in life as a plot outlined by human strokes like "Sophie's World", and feels that all human beings are actually controlled by bacterial civilizations... Wait a minute.
It's easy for the reader to get caught up in the logic of the story.
There is a word in logical debate called "probato diablolica (devil's proof"), which is simply to prove that a thing "exists", which is very easy, it is enough to find that thing, but it is almost impossible to prove that something does not exist, because the debater can say that the thing is hidden in some untraceable corner.
The reason why the worldview described by some of the characters in the book seems to be difficult to refute is also based on this reason.
Regardless of whether the content in the book is true or false, through the story in the book, we see the world from another perspective.
Philosophy, which begins with doubt, is not impossible to generate some interest in philosophy through this book.
It is often said that there is only a line between genius and madness, like John Forbes Nash in "A Beautiful Mind", whether in the play or in reality, Nash himself is deeply troubled by schizophrenia, but in 1994, the Nobel Prize in Economics laurels fell on his head.
It seems that there is some truth to this sentence? But in fact, it is not always the case, throughout history, geniuses and madmen, there is no clear causal relationship, and all those who can make achievements are people who have paid a lot of sweat in the past years.
Watch "Genius on the Left, Madman on the Right" as a way to understand different worldviews, and there is no need to recognize the views of the characters in the book.
Most of the journey of life is often followed by the rules, but it is not surprising that some people, for various reasons, have stepped onto the path that few people walk.
As Haruki Murakami said, "There is no perfect article", there is no standard answer in life. How to spend decades is precisely what we need to think about.
After all, other people's answers can only be a reference, the person who answers, or yourself, and reading more books can arouse our thinking about life and find an answer that you are more satisfied with.