>Look, the crux of mental illness is that the organ you use to understand the world and comprehend situations and consequences is broken.
This popular hypothesis is purely theoretical at best, mythological at worst (except in actual biological illnesses like Alzheimer's). For something to be diagnosed as broken, it must be objectively observable.
If someone is acting weird, the burden of proof that their brain is "broken" is on you to objectively prove. Simply saying "I think their brain is broken because they're not acting like a "normal" person" is subjective unscientific conjecture, no matter how many formalities you dress it up with.
>How can you respect my autonomy if I'm wrong about my own safety?
Because if you don't there's no end to this circular logic. Eating McDonald's is bad for your safety. Should we lock up everyone with a pre-disposition to obesity and heart disease so that the tax payers don't have to cover their medical bills while they eat themselves to death? It would be for their own safety after all, right? At least there would be real, tangible, biological evidence for this hypothetical medical tyranny.
This popular hypothesis is purely theoretical at best, mythological at worst (except in actual biological illnesses like Alzheimer's). For something to be diagnosed as broken, it must be objectively observable.
If someone is acting weird, the burden of proof that their brain is "broken" is on you to objectively prove. Simply saying "I think their brain is broken because they're not acting like a "normal" person" is subjective unscientific conjecture, no matter how many formalities you dress it up with.
>How can you respect my autonomy if I'm wrong about my own safety?
Because if you don't there's no end to this circular logic. Eating McDonald's is bad for your safety. Should we lock up everyone with a pre-disposition to obesity and heart disease so that the tax payers don't have to cover their medical bills while they eat themselves to death? It would be for their own safety after all, right? At least there would be real, tangible, biological evidence for this hypothetical medical tyranny.