Name: Anonymous 2008-12-21 6:27
What are the main deciding factors in how pieces of knowledge spreads in the population? Does the factuality of a tenet matter?
I'm thinking of misconceptions such as thinking that schizophrenia refers to multiple personalities. It's a pretty common misconception. It's also a good target for pedantery, so incorrect use will often be corrected.
Now, are either of these sides winning? Will everybody eventually know the proper definition of a schizophreniac, or will the medical community be forced to throw in the towel and find some other word for the condition, leaving 'schizophreniac' as accepted vernacular for persons with multiple personalities disorder?
Does anybody study this shit?
I'm thinking of misconceptions such as thinking that schizophrenia refers to multiple personalities. It's a pretty common misconception. It's also a good target for pedantery, so incorrect use will often be corrected.
Now, are either of these sides winning? Will everybody eventually know the proper definition of a schizophreniac, or will the medical community be forced to throw in the towel and find some other word for the condition, leaving 'schizophreniac' as accepted vernacular for persons with multiple personalities disorder?
Does anybody study this shit?