Re: Dr. Jain, please explain why you disputed another Dr.'s diagnosis of ADHD

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@Toofat—yes it does dovetail nicely into the gift/curse debate. But it has much broader ramifications, don’t you think? It means “new science” may have the same materiality as, say, astrology. Most people long ago dismissed astrology as myth. (Increasingly, theology is being relegated to the same category.) Educated people are taught they should put their “faith” in science. Ioannidis is saying most new science is a myth, too. So where does this leave us?

And why should we then care what ANY “expert” has to say about ADD/ADHD? After all, they’re apparently more likely to be wrong than right. So we’re left with only our own experience and intuition—which may be entirely different from the next guy’s. Maybe you’re okay with that. I was really hoping I could find some objective answers. If Ioannidis (who btw was a math prodigy) is right, and his analysis correct, we’d all be better served by flipping a coin when we want to know something about ADD. That way, we’d have a 50/50 chance of arriving at a correct answer. That’s better than the 33% chance we’d have by asking an academic or clinician.

And I guess we should all stop listening to global-warming researchers, economists, social scientists, and…well, you name it. It sounds like we’re left with absurdism or nihilism. Take your pick.

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