> What is paranoia? The typical example is the leftist who believes > that the FBI is out to get them, or is behind every wrong in the world. > Fabio
The former is paranoia; the latter is not. The latter is a conspiracy proposition. > Unusual beliefs are "paranoid" if they do not permit an individual to > cooperate with most others in a game of imperfect information. That does not capture the meaning of paranoid, since others could fit that also, and it seems to me that paranoid people might well be willing to cooperate; they just have different assumptions about social reality. It seems to me that paranoia is a belief, not a behavior. It can lead to particular behaviors, but paranoia by itself is not sufficient to cause any particular behavior. Fred Foldvary ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]
