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<blockquote data-quote="Desdichado" data-source="post: 2624299" data-attributes="member: 2205"><p>I understand what you're saying, and I agree that I'm operating under a somewhat tautological paradigm in terms of defining what is and isn't healthy.</p><p></p><p>However, I don't have a problem with that. An individual could be merely "eccentric" and have a life that revolved around a hobby, and was monumentally a failure at interacting with people in any other setting. In theory, such an individual could be contented and happy with this state of affairs indefinately, and if that's true, then it doesn't really matter if society considers them healthy or not. If they're truly contented and happy, then they're probably doing better than most of us anyway.</p><p></p><p>However, I believe that speculating on hypothetical (or at best, extremely rare) individuals doesn't really disprove any of the points I was trying to make. The rabbit-like proliferation of threads in Off-Topic that are all variations on the "I'm a geeky gamer, and I can't get chicks; my life sucks" theme (not to mention a lifetime of experience with people, and plain ole common sense) indicate to me that very few people are truly happy with that.</p><p></p><p>People want, and in fact, most people <strong>need</strong> societal interaction with other people in all kinds of ways. And I make that statement as a generalization; this is not the scientific method, where coming up with a hypothetical situation, and proving that it <em>could</em> exist invalidates the model; the model works for almost everyone. To the exceptions I say, "hey, good for you!"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Desdichado, post: 2624299, member: 2205"] I understand what you're saying, and I agree that I'm operating under a somewhat tautological paradigm in terms of defining what is and isn't healthy. However, I don't have a problem with that. An individual could be merely "eccentric" and have a life that revolved around a hobby, and was monumentally a failure at interacting with people in any other setting. In theory, such an individual could be contented and happy with this state of affairs indefinately, and if that's true, then it doesn't really matter if society considers them healthy or not. If they're truly contented and happy, then they're probably doing better than most of us anyway. However, I believe that speculating on hypothetical (or at best, extremely rare) individuals doesn't really disprove any of the points I was trying to make. The rabbit-like proliferation of threads in Off-Topic that are all variations on the "I'm a geeky gamer, and I can't get chicks; my life sucks" theme (not to mention a lifetime of experience with people, and plain ole common sense) indicate to me that very few people are truly happy with that. People want, and in fact, most people [b]need[/b] societal interaction with other people in all kinds of ways. And I make that statement as a generalization; this is not the scientific method, where coming up with a hypothetical situation, and proving that it [i]could[/i] exist invalidates the model; the model works for almost everyone. To the exceptions I say, "hey, good for you!" [/QUOTE]
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