the only reason to write this post is to clarify, and consequently to diminish a misconception, on the title of BBC's article on Creative minds and schizophrenia. The article authored by BBC's health reoprter Michelle Roberts is entitled Creative minds 'mimic schizophrenia'. It is a well written piece of journalism based on current findings on neuroscience and brain scans "that reveal striking similarities in the thought pathways of highly creative people and those with schizophrenia". The author anticipates though the mimicism that the title implies by stating: "Rather than a clear division, experts suspect a continuum". It is exactly at this point that a conception of difference based on degrees and not in kind is in operation. Someone could argue that this is a minor detail but in an ontological level makes a huge difference. Deleuze associates schizophrenia with capitalism in the two volumes co-authored with psychologist Felix Guattari and through this new formulation of difference (difference in degrees) they create a whole new ontological framework that questions boundaries and identities.
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