• GolfNovemberUniform@infosec.pub
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    22 hours ago

    I don’t think ADHD itself makes you smarter. It’s more about autism and some personality disorders which look very similar to ADHD or even live alongside it.

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      18 hours ago

      Autism and other personality disorders don’t make you smarter or faster, either…

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        18 hours ago

        Hmm maybe if you have a very distorted definition of “smart”. I’m talking about intelligence and it’s a well known observation amongst therapists that such disorders are related to increased intelligence. Faster though? More likely the opposite.

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          16 hours ago

          And yet there’s people whose autism is severely debilitating…

          I’m certainly not saying autism makes you stupid but people diagnosed with it have a huge range of intelligence so it’s unfair to say it “makes you smarter” IMO. There’s no proof of causation even if it often does correlate

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            16 hours ago

            Oh I probably forgot to mention that the mentioned disorders don’t always correlate (very good word for it btw) but in many cases (2/3 I’d say) they do. It also depends on the exact condition as some do not have such effect. And I don’t have proof of causation either. They’re related but idk what causes what. However for the purpose of meme creation it’s enough.

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              I need you to realize that the numbers you’re pulling out of your ass have no basis in reality. Nothing you’re saying has a basis in reality. Your gut feelings aren’t facts.