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by subjectsigma 844 days ago
Someone posted an article a while ago that claimed the ratio of people with ADHD, autism, etc. lined up with Dunbar’s number (the theoretical preferred size of a social group) so that there would be about one individual per group with these traits. The article then went on to theorize that this was an evolutionary adaptation against total conformity. Even if everyone else doesn’t see the landslide in the distance the one weirdo might.

I can’t find the article after searching on hn.algolia.com but IIRC there was no real evidence for this, it was just a theory.
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ryandvm 844 days ago
As someone with ADHD, I've often mused this. It would absolutely suck to have a tribe of nothing but ADHD folks, but having just a couple around to think outside the box would be pretty damn helpful.
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gtroja 844 days ago
If you find it please post, I'm interested
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RockCoach 844 days ago
Perhaps it was this comment (or from the discussion):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24388204

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