Obsidian Sync 2024-11-22 21:33:31

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 > As for all the other forms of laughter that only people produce, these probably evolved millions of years after tickling came along, when the human brain became complex enough to understand irony, slapstick and puns. But he who laughs last, it would seem, laughs longest.
 
 #### ADHD
-Somebody wrote in a nice response to the Economist article on ADHD
+Somebody wrote in a nice response to the Economist article on ADHD in the Nov 2 2024 issue
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+> **Researching ADHD**
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+> I read your article on research that questions whether attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder should in fact be seen as a disorder (“[Coming into focus](https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2024/10/30/researchers-are-questioning-if-adhd-should-be-seen-as-a-disorder)”, November 2nd). The use of the term “neurodiversity” is misleading. An individual does not “have” a neurodiversity, any more than he or she can “have” any other kind of human diversity. Diversity in, say, the ability to control one’s attention or susceptibility to distraction is a description of a statistical fact, not a condition that one catches, inherits or develops. It arises from innate differences in the biology of individuals as well as the accuracy of measurements used to describe those differences.
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+> We might add a third kind of diversity based purely on differences in social constructions about individuals made at different times or in different places by different families, communities, cultural groups, professional organisations and so forth. Divergent conclusions are often reached depending on who is observing one’s manifestations of self-control and attention.