Misinterpreting insanity
From The Corrigan Cast by Brendan Corrigan
December 22, 2025 · 4 min · Season 1
About this episode
The episode discusses the common misinterpretation of insanity and its implications in society.
Going by an oft-quoted definition of insanity, many of us are thus insane. Few of us are truly that special, though.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/12/misinterpreting-insanity.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://bigthink.com/high-culture/how-viral-misquotes-evolve-and-replicate/ https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/03/dealing-with-dealers.html https://youtu.be/ceU203AXOcU https://youtu.be/pB-8-1qnshc https://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKk https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/04/27/fact-check-einstein-never-said-quote-fish-climbing-trees/7384370002/ https://youtu.be/o1NU08GmNyI #insanity #ignorance #stubbornness #stupidity #Einstein #sayings
People in this episode
Host: Brendan Corrigan
Topics covered
- insanity
- misinterpretation
- culture
- society
- ignorance
Keywords
- insanity
- ignorance
- stubbornness
- stupidity
- Einstein
- sayings
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