/sci/ - Science & Math

>>15623312
>Caring about society's genepool
NGMI. You have to have a neanderthal instinct to fuck everything and spread your seed as far as you can because you know that your genecode is the best in the world. Give not a single shit about anything else.

>inb4 Narcissism
Correct. And it's good.

Are you a chad ADHD hunter warrior, or a beta non-ADHD farmer descent?

>we observed that the frequency of variants associated with ADHD has steadily decreased since Paleolithic times

>ADHD-associated aggression in ancient humans favoured Neanderthal genocide. ADHD traits of impulsiveness, reduced inhibition control and inattention are the result of a battlefield mind set.

>ability to vary one's behaviour unpredictably is useful in fighting

>introgressed Neanderthal alleles are enriched in ADHD risk variants

>Recently, 7.6% to 9% of 21,449 U.S. military personnel screened positive for ADHD, which is higher than the rate typically reported for adults in the civilian population. Despite some restrictions for entry into the military with an ADHD condition, Hanson and co. found that ADHD is one of the most common psychiatric disorders among military personnel.

>Modern individuals with ADHD are considered the remains ofhunters, opposed to non-ADHD individuals (withfarmercharacteristics). Main beneficial ADHD traits in the ancestral environment: (1) hyperactivity (energetic and tireless behaviour, & exploratory behaviour), (2) impulsivity (ability to change the strategy quickly & ready-to-go behaviour ) and (3) inattention (rapid-scanning of the surroundings & detecting changes in the environment)

>Alternatively, novelty-seeking could propel migration or, more likely, have adaptive value in migrated/migrating societies.

>There is evidence that people with ADHD are more likely to have unprotected sex, and that women prefer sensation-seeking men.

>not merely novelty-seeking and risk-taking for its own sake, but for exploratory knowledge acquisition.

>exploration not just of physical space, but of options or ‘semantic space’, including testing social limits, overcoming superstitions and performing dangerous experiments... cultural systems are more likely to develop when reliable individuals express views about what unreliable individuals are doing.