Re: Connection between ADHD and Blood Type

[Anonymous]

librarian_chef: thanks for the link. Interesting discussion. I’m not a big Thom Hartmann fan (I pretty much disagree with everything non-ADD related he says), but the theory is a very interesting one. I do believe in evolution, and the fact that at least 5% of people have ADHD means that at some point, there was either an evolutionary benefit to having ADHD or it was at a minimum not an evolutionary drag.

That’s not to say that it’s a “gift” in the sense that it should be embraced and nurtured. If Hartmann is right, then that 5% of the population is ill-equipped to deal in the modern, ordered world. There is a lot of evolutionary baggage out there. It’s analogous to your appendix. It (apparently) was useful in a different environment, when humans ate leaves. Now, however, your appendix can cause serious problems if not treated.

Your Table of Contents, however, is harmless.

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