departure from rational thought or behavior. From the Latin, aberrare, to wander from; Latin, ab, away, errare, to wander. It means basically to err, to make mistakes, or more specifically to havefixed ideas which are not true. The word is also used in its scientific sense. It means departures from a straightline. If a line should go from A to B, then if it is "aberrated" it would go from A to some other point, to some other point, to some other point, to some other point, to some other point and finally arrive at B. Taken in its scientific sense, it would also mean the lack of straightness or to see crookedly as, in example, a man sees a horse but thinks he sees an elephant. Aberrated conduct would b e wrong conduct, or conduct not supported by reason. When a person hasengrams, these tend to deflect what would be his normal ability to perceive truth and bring about an aberrated view of situations which then would cause a n aberrated reaction to them. Aberration is opposed to sanity, which would be its opposite. This is the most fundamental level of aberration: "If the food smells good, go away from it!" This is directly against the survivalintention of the organism. —The Anatomy of the Human Mind Glossary