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One of the ways people say the intelligence works is through the ability...

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:17:27 PST

One of the ways people say the intelligence works is through the ability to see patterns out of chaos. So, when John Nash is able to see patterns, this show that he is somehow different. In short, he is a genius. The patterns, he sees are in numbers, people, animals, etc. However, there is a fine line between genius and insanity. And there may even be a blurring of the two. The movie, in my opinion, does a superb job exploring this tension....

Describe the opening sequence when John Nash sees the others in A...

Tue, 1 Dec 2009 14:44:06 PST

Describe the opening sequence when John Nash sees the others in A Beautiful Mind.

John Nash's condition greatly impacts his wife on many levels. The...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:35:38 PST

John Nash's condition greatly impacts his wife on many levels. The most evident is that it becomes a challenge to maintain a high level of care for someone who is in such dire need of care. Alicia becomes the primary caretaker for John and their child, knowing that he is unable to help with simple tasks at home such as taking care of their child as well as earning a substantial income. John's condition begins to drain on their marriage...

In the movie A Beautiful Mind, how does johns schizophrenia affect his...

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:12:44 PST

In the movie A Beautiful Mind, how does johns schizophrenia affect his relationship with his wife before and after being diagnosed and treated?

John Nash had long been considered to be eccentric, but it was not until...

Mon, 5 May 2008 20:05:48 PST

John Nash had long been considered to be eccentric, but it was not until he was thirty years old that he suffered his "first shattering episode of paranoid schizophrenia" (Prologue). In the summer of 1957, Nash began work on a project to "revise quantum theory". Decades later, Nash would blame this attempt to "resolve the contradictions in quantum theory", as the stressor that precipitated his mental...

What stressor precipitated John Nash's first episode of schizophrenia in...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:39:18 PST

What stressor precipitated John Nash's first episode of schizophrenia in "A Beautiful Mind"?

What do you mean by "diagnostic impression"? Do you want me to...

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:58:55 PST

What do you mean by "diagnostic impression"? Do you want me to diagnose what his condition might be? Which character is "in question"? Please be more specific and more detailed.

John Nash, the subject of the movie "A Beautiful Mind" was a...

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:48:28 PST

John Nash, the subject of the movie "A Beautiful Mind" was a brilliant scientist. From seeing the movie, he is depicted as someone who falls into a delusional state of mind and can't escape. His delusional world is so real to him that he loses touch with the "real world." According to John Nash's own words, (which you can read at the Nobel site) he offers the explanation that his mental illness sometimes allowed him...

What is your diagnostic impression of the character in question from "A...

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:24:59 PST

What is your diagnostic impression of the character in question from "A Beautiful Mind"?