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What is the definition of a disease, and specifically a mental disease? Has science truly failed?

Monday, October 27th, 2008
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watashikoini asked:


I think this is the biggest failure of science and generally the world. It is full of imperfections, even though religion is not a better alternative.

But, what can you define as a disease; and what can you not? First of all, we have to realize that all humans are different physically. But they should be treated equally on moral basis, and on the basis of humanity (whether its *** ppl, straight ppl, women, old ppl; they should be treated equally on moral grounds).

Because people are different physically; they exhibit different behavior due to the chemistry of their body. Here is where the tricky part comes. What can you categorize as an illness/disease/disorder and what can you not? This is the biggest failure of science: why do you need to categorize things into illnesses and non-illnesses? It is clear you are letting your bias through. Modern feminists define **** that is only committed by a man on a woman. So there come the discrepancies. Why can you not accept behavior that everyone’s behavior is deviant from one another. Why do we have to claim somethings are anomalies, and some are not? I know ********** and **** is wrong, but can you categorize is as an illness/disease/disorder? Do we have any proof that ********** and **** are not illnesses/diseases/disorders? Is there any proof that homosexuality is not an illness/disease/disorder? I dont think so.

So why do we have to say that ********** and **** are done intentionally, when they could very well be ‘illnesses’. And how can we say homosexuality is not a disease/disorder when it could be?

The fact is that these are faulty premises. We cannot categorize things into illnesses/diseases/disorders. Everyone is different from each other physically and psycologically. That is the best way to deal with things. Science cannot even come to a consensus when (at what time period) a child in a mother’s womb is alive; or whether abortion is murder or not (after what stage). So i think science has failed in that aspect.
EDIT:

Feminists wants the EXACT same physical rights for women that they want for men. Men and women are different physically, remember that. So I would want rights to be ‘balanced out’ between male and female; and that would constitute as EQUAL rights, not the EXACT SAME rights.
EDIT

Is there any proof that homosexuality is NOT a disorder/illness. Then why does science say it is NOT a disorder/illness? Is there any proof that pedophilia/rape is NOT a disease.

Please answer these questions, and give me conclusive studies NOT theories for this. Evolution as you like it or not is NOT proven, it is a THEORY. I also mentioned religion is not a better alternative.

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