Still trying to figure out who in my family is neurodivergent and how.
Seems like there is a pattern emerging: If both parents are neurodivergent, chances for the kids to be is at almost 100%. If only one parent is, chances seem to be about 50/50.
Anyone know if there are actual studies on that or is there just not enough data from past generations?
@looneybyron @pathfinder This gets me to wondering though… if indeed #neurodivergence is inherited and not recessive, then won’t it quickly become the new normative expectation? Seems like #evolution to me… 😁
@btaroli @looneybyron @pathfinder @actuallyautistic if it is a beneficial trait that is favorably passed onto progeny, maybe. However, that's not necessarily the case in our societies (although maybe the other comment about finding each other as mates attenuates this). There are a lot of dominant traits that are purged due to harsh selection against it. Probably I expect this to fall somewhere between the extremes. It's being maintained, assuming it is a stable preference % and maybe new data over decades will reveal. Maintenance of genetic diversity doesn't seem to ensure it gets sent to trait fixation without some sort of new driver, maybe.
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The thing about evolution that is often misunderstood is that it's not a development towards "better".
It's a development towards what will survive in a particular context. The "fittest" in a certain situation.
And some changes as a result of evolution are side effects of other changes.
That might mean a creature losing its sight, when there is no light, or becoming dependent on a symbiotic relationship with another species, or becoming a parasite that thrives because other creatures die.
When the context changes, those very things that used to be advantages could become weaknesses.
There's no movement towards perfection, and no intelligence steering it towards a particular goal.
Another thing that took me a while to have sink in is that it applies to populations, not individuals. The population that succeeds, and reproduces, and fits best into an ecologic niche is the one that survives.
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