ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage

ADHD may have been an evolutionary advantage(royalsocietypublishing.org)

3 points by michelangelo 2 years ago | 4 comments

novaRom 2 years ago |

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

fithisux 2 years ago |

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

navjack27 2 years ago |

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

bell-cot 2 years 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.