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I think that's why evolution selects for a small proportion of insanity in humans - so that some of our geniuses are insane enough to ignore social pressure and make breakthroughs that would be recognised.

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Evolution doesn't concern itself with survival or optimization of the species as a whole.

It does for individual societies like ant colonies.

Since most ants are unable to reproduce, I like to think of the entire colony as the organism.

If you're interested in how evolution works, check out The Selfish Gene.

My point is insane geniuses become famous and have a good chance of passing down their genes, and their insanity and genius maybe separate genes, so some descendants may receive only the insane ones. Apologies for not expressing myself in proper academic nonmenclature.

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