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Originally Posted by frankdavid
I think what we have here is brain damage. Damage to that part of the brain that has evolved culturally over the past 10,000 yrs. That is, since the agrarian revolution. That's why we have so many causes, i.e. pollution, developmental defects etc. That's not to say that all evolution is a good thing. It just is positive for the culture. Its really not good or bad . It just is. I don't think it has anything to do with intelligence but rather how the culture measures it. The part of the brain that this evolutionary development occupies is located in the same area of the brain that deals with movement stimulus. The movement becomes a pacifier in some cases for the recipient. That's why there are so many causes and no cures. The only real cure is to learn to live with it or wait until the culture goes back to hunting and gathering. Any comments?
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If you mean society when you say culture, then society often presents a shallow, somewhat blinded view.
The "Neanderthal" theory and the hunter gatherer theory have been around a very, very long time and have been discussed infinitum especially since the internet began and people with some of these conditions mentioned in these theories (e.g. Tourettes Syndrome, Autism, ADHD) finally were able to find their voices.
Actually it was probably only the risk takers of Northern Europe who ended up moving out of their regions and settled in far off lands anyway because hunters and gatherers I would imagine were quite simple people living quite simple lives, especially compared to how the world is today.
There is no way that our world could go back to pre-civilized hunting and gathering with no agriculture etc., so the best thing to do, in my opinion, is to work on the practical issues and find practical day to day solutions that can make life more comfortable in the here and now, and to stop thinking of ourselves (or others) as flawed, and rather think of ourselves (or others) as just ... different.
If you walk down a street and see 100 people they will all be different. They all have different genetic makeup/backgrounds. They all eat different types of food. They all have had different life experiences. For all we know all those people could have a condition or syndrome or have sustained some type of injury and the main thing is that they're just different... not flawed.
Just my thoughts.