John J. Bannan
Registered Senior Member
If so, are they really mentally ill?
Yes, but for every VanGough there's a million VanNoGoughs.
yes, but you asked if there was an advantage.
....Our care for our fellow humans on a social level has risen to a point where we will care for one another even if the person is unfit to take care of themselves. .....
How could mental illness not interfere with a chance to breed? In comparison to the general population, I bet the mentally ill are having a lot less children.
Well thank God, otherwise we would all be mentally ill. If they have even a few children, the trait will survive. That's why homosexuality survives, sometimes they do breed in spite of everything.