ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage

Posted by michelangelo on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @06:49AM
from the royalsocietypublishing.org dept.

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.2584

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Re:ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage by novaRom on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:20AM (#39452931)

It might be even quite an advantageous trait in our fast changing modern world of LLMs, constant distractions, and uncertainties.

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Re:ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage by navjack27 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:43AM (#39453086)

No no no no no there is nothing advantageous about this. It's real and actual suffering.

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Re:ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage by bell-cot on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @07:57AM (#39453212)

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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Re:ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage by fithisux on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @06:52AM (#39452702)

But in this society, advantage is related to profit and not evolution.

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