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foggy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

There is genuinely a prevailing theory which basically asserts that the genes that make us neurodivergence are uniquely human, that neurodivergence doesn’t exist in other species, etc.

Sci show did a little video on it the other day. Better info here than what I know, undoubtedly. Sci show is well vetted content. Im some guy laying in his bed avoiding the start of his day.

youtu.be/0mffmUA7d_4

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Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Interesting I’ll check that out. Also I’m some guy laying in bed avoiding the end of my day

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jafra@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Sry, but afaik there are some flaws with this hypothesis. Neurodivergence is no defined Illness but a catch-all-term for deviations from the norm. The thing with normality is, nobody really wants to be a normalo, and only very little people fit there. Everyone has his deviations. Neurodivergence refers to mental deviations from the (statistical) norm.

Whether you Like it or not, Person A with schizophrenia and Person B with depression only have in common that they both suffer from a ICD-defined Illness. That aside, theres not much in common between the two.

Calling the ability to be mentally ill, a defining trait of humanity is kind of strange. That would make normal people less human?

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