Interesting idea. So is ADD as an evolutionary advantage. There is a lot of empirical evidence that add and adhd correlate with high intelligence. Not that you have to have them to be dumb. just that it is nothing short of tragic that so many of them come out of public school convinced that they are stupid when in fact they are extremely bright.
Dana On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:52:21 -0500, Sandy Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One book I read "Add a Different Perception" by Thom Hartmann > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1887424148/qid=1106074208/sr=1 > -3/ref=sr_1_3/002-8620599-8030463?v=glance&s=books > > Theorizes that ADD is actually an inherited trait and that the reason it is > more prevalent in America is that the people who came over to America would > have been more apt to be adventurous, willing to try new things, etc. In > other words, more ADD. > > I don't know how true it is, but its an interesting theory as to why ADD is > more prevalent in America than in Europe. > > Sandy > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Munn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:37 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Adult ADD > > I wonder whether there are certain fields that attract people with these > symptoms. Sitting in front of the computer all day with the opportunity to > browse the Web whenver my mind starts to wander definitely helps me get > through the day. I can spend a few minutes just loking at some random thing > and then re-focus on my work. I spent close to a year in law school before I > realized I could never sit in a library all day and read cases for a living. > > As to Dana's speculation about why it only occurs in this country, I would > suggest that the only difference between Americans and everyone else is that > we like to classify everything in medical terms. It is part of the American > desire to understand the world around us. I think it comes in part from > being a culturally young society where there are no "traditional" > explanations and therefore no bias against research into things that would > be dismissed in other societies. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:143292 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
