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I think it's nonsense to think we don't know what ADHD is. There have been lots of studies using PET scans that show some brain regions tend to be smaller in A

I think it's nonsense to think we don't know what ADHD is. There have been lots of studies using PET scans that show some brain regions tend to be smaller in ADHD, and develop later. Or finding differences in brain chemistry (dopamine and norepinephrine). Even started to show the genetic variation that leads to some growing out of it, and others not. Seems like it's becoming one of the better understood neurological disorders. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(17)30049-4/fulltext http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-03... https://www.technologyreview.com/s/408381/a-neurological-basis-for-adhd/ https://www.technologyreview.com/s/408381/a-neurological-bas...

goldenkey 9y ago
That's like saying stupid people have different brain activity than smart people. Isn't that a given? So should we give stupid people stimulants so they can become an unnatural and unlasting form of themselves? What happens when they need to get off the stimulants -- and they forgot what it was like to actually try to focus because the stimulants screwed with their brains' dopaminergic reward system? Why should someone with a harder time focusing not improve their focus through actual lasting discipline? Speed isn't the antichrist but it sure as hell isn't some great therapeutic fix for people with some minorly bad stats.