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Comment author: John_D 28 April 2013 08:01:38PM *  2 points [-]

"Yes, people with divergent ideas are more likely to be exiled."

I did mention creative achievement as well, not just divergent thinking. So are musicians and actors among these exiled? These seem like the type of professions that are lauded in mainstream culture more than exiled. Creativity correlates both with being attractive to the opposite sex and suicidal ideation (not to mention suicidal completion). Now, sexual attraction doesn't necessarily prove that these are socially acceptable professions, but I think it is premature to call these people "exiled" without additional evidence.

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I still stand by the position that depression being rooted solely on the basis of tribal exile, or as an evo-psych emotional reaction to tribal exile, as grossly simplistic.

Comment author: Bruno_Coelho 29 April 2013 06:15:31PM 1 point [-]

The risk to lose friends make people to rationalize their behavior to make them more similar to a group, convincing himself of some identity, or optimizing toward a set of habits of the average guy of her group. Additionally, contrarian thinking signals status too.

Comment author: Eugine_Nier 29 April 2013 06:25:50AM 1 point [-]

I did mention creative achievement as well, not just divergent thinking. So are musicians and actors among these exiled?

For much of human history yes.