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A comment on ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage.

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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