r/skeptic • u/Budget_Shallan • 25d ago

💩 Misinformation Neuroscientist podcaster with 20+ hours of ADHD content discovers it MIGHT be genetic "but there are too many variables to separate"!!!

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u/FrankRizzo319 25d ago

What gene determines if someone has ADHD? Who of you diagnosed with ADHD received the diagnosis as a result of a genetic test?

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u/Awayfone 25d ago

You are begging the question. A complex disorder doesn't have to have only one gene to have a genetic component . in fact Genes are also almost never 1-to-1 sole cause of a condition or disease

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u/BioMed-R 25d ago

If there’s no clear causation by any gene maybe it’s not genetic?

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u/FrankRizzo319 25d ago

Many folks here claim “my adhd is genetic” yet none of you have ever had a gene test for ADHD because one does not exist. My point is you’re claiming truth with no actual evidence. What logical fallacy is that? Scientific language does not make a science?

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u/Illustrious-Care-818 25d ago

This thread is a bunch of mouth breathers saying a scientist with funded research "has no idea what he's talking about" and then downvote you for asking what proof they have it's genetic.

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u/FrankRizzo319 25d ago

It’s because their identities are threatened by the questions I’m asking. They’ve come to believe their “condition” is genetic because it’s convenient and helps them better justify taking drugs (medicines). They’re not encouraged by their culture to question how their “disorder” is subjectively defined by humans.

If you can’t pay attention to things that bore you our culture says you have a “genetic disease” called ADHD.

I’m simplifying things a little, and would not argue that 100% of people diagnosed with ADHD are really just bored. But a lot of them are. And many are convinced there’s something inherently wrong (i.e., genetically inferior) with them.