How Many Bitcoiners are Mentally Ill?

[tvbcof]

Unfortunately for Bitcoin, not enough participants are 'mentally ill'.  That deficit will probably be the biggest contributing factor to the ultimate demise of Bitcoin (which doesn't in-an-of itself imply a price collapse, BTW.)

  http://www.madinamerica.com/2012/02/why-anti-authoritarians-are-diagnosed-as-mentally-ill/

This may be one of the first times I've ever read the writings of a shrink and thought to myself 'Wow, this guy gets it.'

[ronaldo40]

pretty much, for someone gambler who lost a lot,or someone who has lost so much bitcoin as stolen / invest and ultimately scam

[Brewins]

no one seriously interested on mental disorders would not diagnostic people based solely in internet posts.

You are just a troll or someone not prepared. In any case your opinion is not worth reading

[koelen3]

I didn't really understood all those paranoid and mentally ill words but sure as hell , everyone here can be considered mad
Though the future is ours

[bitcoin_bagholder]

Well in America 1 in 5 are mentally ill, so I would probably guess 1 in 5 on the forum are as well.

It's rather subjective.

[bmarch]

How many Wall St workers are mentally ill?
How many Silicon Valley tech heads are mentally ill?
How many government bureaucrats are mentally ill?
How many psychologists are mentally ill?
Welcome to reality.

I for one don't recommend spending too much time on this or other political/economic/financial/conspiracy websites than is healthy. As with all things. Bitcoin, arising from the internet mainly, consists more so of internet-dwellers who are used to sharing and posting and linking on forums to their heart's desires. Other people in other spheres probably read books, study, talk with their friends, and maybe get drunk and move on with things. But internet-dwellers I think have difficulty functioning outside of the basement very well.

MUST WE TRUST A PAYMENT SYSTEM INHABITED AND OPERATED LARGELY BY THESE BASEMENT DWELLERS??!!

Would-be video game developers, network admins, tech support people. If these are the people largely participating with Bitcoin then the project will surely have problems. Financial education, policy education, sales, risk management, legal assessment ability. I can think of many competencies that this set of people would lack that would be required to operate a successful payments network. So I hope that Bitcoin is contributed to by more than just these types. I also hope that the bitcointalk forum is a poor representation of the participants involved.

[AnswerQuestion]

I think that a lot of people are probably more paranoid then they need to be about protecting their bitcoin, however some level of paronia is necessary as once someone steals your bitcoin there is essentially no way to get it back and there are a lot of people out there who will be more then willing to steal your bitcoin. I don't think the people who take extreme precautions with their money are suffering any kind of mental disorder, at least not in any significant higher rates then the general population).

I have however noticed that a lot of newer users (especially spammers who participate in signature deals - especially over the last summer) do seem to show traits of some kind of mental disorder, although it is possible this is because of bitcoin's popularity and the fact that people with mental disorders tend to have a lot of free time (for a number of reasons) so they would naturally migrate to this forum.  

[Bagatell]

So I hope that Bitcoin is contributed to by more than just these types. I also hope that the bitcointalk forum is a poor representation of the participants involved.

Prejudice and preconceptions wont get us very far either.

[dewdeded]

I know three posters, who were/are early adopters and lost big on MtGox (all of them each > 100 BTC). They are definitely traumatized today and from their posts you can clearly tell they need mental medical treatment.

Obvious, you also see on this forum (as stated in OP) alot of narcissistic posters (maybe 3%). Often early adopters or people who made big money (trading or investing e.g) in bitcoin scene. They today think: they rule the world, dont need to research anything anymore and know everything better.
Alot of them are One World Order-Bitcoiners.

And you obviously you have around 10% of the board accounts, who are very stupid and clearly retarded, mostly trolls, scammers, ... especially in the altcoin sub sections.
Being dumb is also a mental illness.

[rpietila]

Mental illness is defined by the government/death(pharma) industry these days.

I would not say it is anything too far-fetched to call your enemies (bitcoiners) "mentally ill".

I also called other guys "homo" in junior high - not because they were homosexuals but because I did not like them and homosexuals were not in fashion at the time like they are now.

So once mental illness becomes chic, the bitcoiners will be called terrorists, money launderers, etc. instead. It's the normal ignore-laugh-fight-win cycle, perhaps moving from the second to the third stage.

[Gleb Gamow]

THIS IS A BUNCH OF MOTHERFUCKIN' BULLSHIT! I KNOW THAT THIS THREAD IS ABOUT ME. Just wait till my doctor hears about this.

[BlackMachine]

Many of the geniuses looks and sounds like mentally ill.

[12345mm]

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. ~Aristotle

[traincarswreck]

Many of the geniuses looks and sounds like mentally ill.

Some minds are beautiful.

[rpietila]

People can accurately grade others who are less knowledgeable in the field than them. They cannot accurately grade themselves, nor anyone who knows more than them.

i) This is a strong argument against the system of popular vote, because it makes it impossible to get a meaningful percentage of good candidates elected and therefore assures a groupthink outcome suspect to external influence.

ii) It is also a strong argument for voluntarism, because from i) it is obvious that the ones who are oppressing you are not actually capable to do so, thus even if you did not theoretically object, the practice of giving people the power over their superiors, is not yielding good results.

[zvs]

hmm, interesting mention there,

I still call people homos while playing some online game or something.  Wouldn't do it in person (I'd use 'homosexual' instead!).

I also use the word 'gay', this I use while online and also amongst friends.  Can't recall the last time I used it (intentionally) as a slur, possibly never.  Most, uh, gay people I know use it as well.... though there are a few out there that are adamant about not using it, the gay community's very own Pat Robertson equivalents.

I don't agree that gay people are 'in fashion'.  I'll have to go against Fox News on this one.

http://www.lambdalegal.org/states-regions/texas

No clause including sexual orientation in discrimination laws, no civil unions, some godawful amount of crap to go through to adopt, etc.  The fact that Texas doesn't even recognize civil unions between same sex couples is just, well, gay.

... and as a (damn near) totally unrelated side note, I'll never vote Republican again until UIGEA is repealed (and only then if the majority supports the repeal).  The bible thumpers need to go.

re: the message topic;

I have major depression, which is something the gov't recognizes, thus granting the ability to draw SSD.  Panic attacks, anxiety disorders, etc., don't qualify.  You'll have to have enough panic attacks and anxiety to develop schizophrenia.  After this, if you receive proper medications, you can look forward to engaging in the 'Haldol Shuffle', always a pleasure to watch as an outsider.

[steven.G999]

THIS IS A BUNCH OF MOTHERFUCKIN' BULLSHIT! I KNOW THAT THIS THREAD IS ABOUT ME. Just wait till my doctor hears about this.

why would you do that?

[JorgeStolfi]

People can accurately grade others who are less knowledgeable in the field than them. They cannot accurately grade themselves, nor anyone who knows more than them.

i) This is a strong argument against the system of popular vote, because it makes it impossible to get a meaningful percentage of good candidates elected and therefore assures a groupthink outcome suspect to external influence.

But the purpose of elections is not to select the most competent, smartest, more honest, etc.  It is only to measure how much support each candidate has, and convince the minority party that they are indeed a minority.

The alternative to elections is each guy tries to shoot those of the opposite parties, until one side has the clear lead , and the oppositors who still survive choose to obey the winner rather than die.

This alternative method is often adopted when and where people get disenchanted with democracy.  Experience shows that this method does not give better government than a democratic election, but takes absurdly longer to proclaim the winner, and is absurdly more expensive.

It is not for nothing that the ancient Greek were regarded as exceptionally smart people.

[turvarya]

How many Wall St workers are mentally ill?
How many Silicon Valley tech heads are mentally ill?
How many government bureaucrats are mentally ill?
How many psychologists are mentally ill?
Welcome to reality.

I for one don't recommend spending too much time on this or other political/economic/financial/conspiracy websites than is healthy. As with all things. Bitcoin, arising from the internet mainly, consists more so of internet-dwellers who are used to sharing and posting and linking on forums to their heart's desires. Other people in other spheres probably read books, study, talk with their friends, and maybe get drunk and move on with things. But internet-dwellers I think have difficulty functioning outside of the basement very well.

MUST WE TRUST A PAYMENT SYSTEM INHABITED AND OPERATED LARGELY BY THESE BASEMENT DWELLERS??!!

Would-be video game developers, network admins, tech support people. If these are the people largely participating with Bitcoin then the project will surely have problems. Financial education, policy education, sales, risk management, legal assessment ability. I can think of many competencies that this set of people would lack that would be required to operate a successful payments network. So I hope that Bitcoin is contributed to by more than just these types. I also hope that the bitcointalk forum is a poor representation of the participants involved.

It's 2015.
Everyone is on the internet, not just "basement dweller".
And btw. there is a black president in the white house.

[jdany]

When BTC is $1,000,000 per coin, will exchanges list the full million, or will they decimalize it?


Welcome to coinbase, you can buy 1 BTC for $1,000,000 - which you would never do, so why should we quote you an unrealistic purchase price.

Welcome to coinbase, you can buy 0.0001 BTC for $100 - which is totally doable, bro.

BTW, remember when you tipped that guy 0.01 back in 2014 - that's 10,000 bucks now bub.  How's that make you feel inside.