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ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage (royalsocietypublishing.org)
3 points by michelangelo 845 days ago
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novaRom 845 days ago
It might be even quite an advantageous trait in our fast changing modern world of LLMs, constant distractions, and uncertainties.
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fithisux 845 days ago
But in this society, advantage is related to profit and not evolution.
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navjack27 845 days ago
No no no no no there is nothing advantageous about this. It's real and actual suffering.
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bell-cot 845 days ago
The real & actual suffering is dependent on both the degree of the ADHD, and the person's living situation, no?

There are many hereditary traits for which having a "mild case" is (or was) clearly advantageous and adaptive, but having a "severe case" is (or was) not.

Genes, mutations, and heredity are wretchedly sloppy optimizers.

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