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Re: Is your IQ so high it can't be measured? ADHD superpowers

Re: Is your IQ so high it can't be measured? ADHD superpowers2012-05-11T15:05:50+00:00

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May 11, 2012 at 3:05 pm #114356

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It is not about the positive message but the factual claim that something is being linked to ADHD, which is the theme of this Forum. If I made the claim “ADHD is caused by too much vitamin K,” people would want proof and question my reasoning. When someone claims that their creativity or IQ derives from their ADHD, others question this in a rational manner. They do not accept it as it is anecdotal. If someone said I have a high IQ and proof that is linked to ADHD and proceeded to explain their reasoning and the double-blind tests, all the power to them.

Our lives are stressful enough without propagating unsubstantiated beliefs. There is nothing wrong with citing the benefits of something, but it should be rational and conveyed in a way to explain the reasoning.

Perhaps next time, Filmbuff1984 might start a thread considering the link between High IQ or creativity and ADHD and we can have a discussion on that. What we are discussing is whether ADHD endows us with super-human abilities based on the statement:

All the cool things you can do with your ADHD superpowers like high IQ, hyper-reflexes, hyper-endurance, hyper-creativity, etc.

which I see no evidence for.

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