Talk:Eccentricity (behavior)

message: Should this just be Eccentric behavior? Jake 22:03, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Title 

message: "Bad speller[2] (usually uncommon) "
What does does "usually uncommon" mean really?  Wouldn't that be the same as common?  Please remove.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.235.50.103 (talk) 02:39, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling 

message: It seems like it would make this article both clearer and more interesting to name some historical figures commonly asserted to be eccentric, people like Howard Hughes or Ludwig II of Bavaria.  On the other hand, since the term seems to be a bit in the eye of the beholder, this might not be strictly appropriate for an encyclopedia.  What do other people think?  Markwiki (talk) 09:14, 15 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Examples 

message: Here's the part from the article that I question 
" given the overwhelmingly positive stereotypes often associated with eccentricity, detailed above, it would seem only natural that certain individuals would seek to be associated with this sort of character type."
Granted, in fiction, popular characters are often eccentric. But in real life, not all eccentric people are charismatic or even likeable. Many eccentric people are scary, creepy, incomprehensible, socially inept, or otherwise, not very fun to be around. A lot of real life eccentrics tend to get left alone. Mr. ATOZ 15:14, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is all eccentricity looked on positively? 

message: I removed the following material (but left in the part in parentheses):
:(Eccentricity is often associated with genius, giftedness, or extreme creativity); the word itself is often employed to euphemize or invert a connotation of madness hence the phrase "there's a method to their madness", implying inscrutable complexity or originality in lieu of the dismissible randomness of common lunacy.
The sentence is awkward and difficult to understand.  It uses the word randomness to mean, basically, "eccentricity," a rather informal and slangy sense of the word.  It misuses the "method to my madness" quote (which comes from Hamlet and refers to deliberately strange behavior to achieve a specific end).  Furthermore, it is unattributed conjecture and is not encyclopedic at all.  Fishal 14:02, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Removed material

message: Is the section 'Odyssey of the Mind' of any relevance whatsoever?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.93.105.137 (talk) 14:49, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Odyssey of the Mind - relevance?

message: I think the bit about Einstein picking dog ends up off the street and smoking them should be removed. The article makes it seem like he did this regularly, but in fact he only did it after his doctor forbade him from smoking. The information comes from a letter from his grandson, Bernhard Caesar Einstein. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/belgium/1502358/Einstein%2C-eccentric-genius%2C-smoked-butts-picked-up-off-street.html">Here</a> is an article about it from the Telegraph. I have left the information in because it is at least slightly eccentric behaviour, but it's still misrepresented in the article. Reidlophile (talk) 11:44, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Einstein

message: On the WHO site, I discovered "eccentric" as a mental illness (which is quite subjective, but nevertheless medically accepted) under the ICD-10, F60-8 (International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision – Other specific personality disorders.) Could anyone find out more about this? Thanks! --Enigma (talk) 21:04, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eccentric as a mental illness (ICD-10 F60-8) 

message: The article said, "this may be related in the same way that introverts (introversion) suffer more from their mental illness
than do extroverts (extroversion), who tend to make those around them suffer instead by their actions or
deeds (outward expression of their illness rather than inward)."
I deleted this material under the grounds it's too controversial and obscure for an encyclopedia. It requires
previous knowledge of Jung's theory of extroversion and introversion.  In any event, its hard to say whether
introverts, as opposed to extroverts, suffer more.  Suffering is hard to define let alone measure.
The argument can be made that it is really the mentally ill extroverts who suffer more, owing to the retribution others
impose on such individuals for what society considers wrongful deeds.  It should be mentioned this talk 
does not deal with whether or not the punishment, or the so-called correction, is really deserved and just. --Oilstone (talk) 16:30, 26 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characteristics and mental illness 

message: The following link leads to an article by a reputable Psychiatrist that questions the validity of "disorders" such as this.  He is more than a bit convincing in his arguments.
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2010/06/27/2003476462 
It is also quite likely that the word is commonly misapplied... like many others.  
(A prime example being orientate.  Next time it is used instead of orient query the necessity of facing East.... which is the correct meaning of the word.)
If a million people make a mistake... it is still a mistake.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by IanJSB (talk • contribs) 13:54, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  RE Eccentricity as a mental illness 

message: The old list was problematic. It cited a source that had re-written Weeks' list (http://www.gnomesondope.com/stuff/on-being-eccentric/), had ten fewer items than Weeks now claims (15 vs. Weeks 25) and had them in a different order. (Weeks claims his list is in descending order of importance.)
I replaced it with a direct quote, from Weeks site (http://celebratingeccentrics.com/the-definition-of-eccentricity/) of just the top 5 elements (of the 25 total he lists. Weeks claims that these five are close to constituitive of eccentricity, while the additional elements are only frequently or sometimes found. cshirky (talk) 00:40, 21 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Weeks' list of characteristics 

message: Where did the definition for eccentricity come from? Particularly the sentence "This behavior would typically be perceived as unusual or unnecessary, without being demonstrably maladaptive"? 
Considering little to no research has examined the perception of eccentric behaviour, there isn't a basis for this statement. Additionally, eccentric behaviour, especially with regards to eccentric social behaviour, could easily be perceived as maladpative. Consider famous eccentrics such as Hetty Green, one of the richest women in the world in her lifetime, who always wore the same clothes and only changed her underwear when they wore out. This behaviour is unhygienic and personally distressing, making it a prime example of maladaptive eccentric behaviour.  
Relates to Mr ATOZ post in '06 about "Is all eccentricity looked on positively" as well. He gives more examples of eccentric maladaptivity. 
Rcro (talk) 16:22, 6 September 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Definition of eccentricity 

message: Idealism is eccentric? What a poor, poor jaded species we have become when wishing the best for all is not considered normal....  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.99.74.135 (talk) 07:51, 30 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Idealism? 

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