It makes sense that anxiety could block people to me. Then thereās self-doubt, when a challenge presents and people shy away vs figuring out how to address and going through the process of learning to win whatever it is. A lack of fortitude I guess. For many, if something doesnāt come easy, the answer is to just give up. āCanāt do itā, ānot for meā, āunluckyā et cetera. But itās bullshit. Unless theyāre retarded or rewriting the fundamentals of physics itself they could do it, they just didnāt. No idea where all that lands in psychology but Iām sure it could be deep seeded self-doubt, self - sabatoge due to feeling unworthy, self-loathing or even just being a weak pussy in many cases. Generally speaking.
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Lots of number stickers, especially those that work their way up the back windshield and to the sides of the car, is also a sign of low intelligence.
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Low vitamin D is strongly linked to poor impulse control.
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Tell that to the Innu. There may be a correlation, but it is a stretch to call it strong.
Maybe, but the traditional Inuit diet is mainly fish and marine mammals, rich in vitamin D, and they donāt toss the skin. And they breastfeed until the kids are toddlers and get that important early-development vit. D taken care of.
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Random fact - I was reading yesterday that lighter skin pigmentation didnāt just evolve due to sunlight exposure at higher latitudes, but in conjunction with vitamin D deficiency during the shift to agriculture based diets, which is why the Inuit have darker skin than Europeans at a similar latitude.
Grains are trash verified !
Where are those numbers from?
Iām not sure I can find the entire list in one shot, so let me respond by asking you a question in return:
What of these numbers do you not believe?
Mainly the magnitude. No doubt diagnosis of these things if going way up, but the numbers I usually see are like 200% vs 10,000%. Iām just curious where they came from.
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Yeah, thats fair. I canāt find a lot on the source for these numbers, so lets assume the numbers are inaccurate in magnitude.
Keeping it on-topic, I do believe that the mental health disorders mentioned in that list have had significant increases in diagnoses. I have to wonder what the causes are.
Iād credit increases in diagnosis primarily to acceptance of the legitimacy of the conditions and changes to diagnostic criteria and techniques.
Like, nobody had adhd when I was a kid in the late 70ās-early 80ās. (I say this facetiously) The common belief was that kids who acted up like that just needed a swift one right upside the head.
Or a kid like me, that was a little out there and had some unusual reactions to things- ānot retardedā. I was tested in some form, and that was the conclusion. Not trauma, neglect, or a touch of the autism, just ānot retardedā.
So thereās a lot more emphasis now on recognition and early intervention too. And a little more delineation between what is what than āneeds hit, retarded, not retardedā.
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Same. Sounds way too much. Iāve seen couple statistics, where suspected cases have gone way up, but actually diagnosed ones only a little.
Why is still an interesting question, Skyzyks brought up the diagnosial part already. Weāre much more detailed and efficient of finding and analysing different conditions.
But thereās also the cultural part. Itās definitely trendy to label yourself with some of these conditions. The scale is not black and white though, obe might have autism/ADHD like behaviour/symptoms, but the case is not severe enough for diagnosis.
Hereās a hot take.
There was discussion about attractiveness and political worldview in the other thread. The trope/stereotype of ugly leftists was on the table. @OTay linked an interesting study where in US conservatives weāre seen generally more attractive.
The whyās were not discussed though.
Weāll I did find a study which indicated that leftists are more intelligent.
within-families, intelligence predict left-wing beliefs.
DNA-based predictors of IQ also predict political beliefs within families.
**Our results imply that being genetically predisposed to be smarter causes left-wing beliefs.
Interesting results at the least. But I would not make too big conclusions based on a one study made from such a complex topic. Similarly what I said about the attractiveness -study.
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Ultra-proccessed foods
GMO foods
Increased recreational drug activity
Over medications
Over vaccinations
Over consumption of certain foods
Kids lack of activity (not outside enough)
more detailed reporting of diseases
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Yes, itās one study, but I am not surprised by it. Another trope of non-leftists is that leftists are generally stupid. I actually do not think they are on average stupider or smarter than right wingers. They do not get into positions of power and influence or hold highly-paid jobs while being stupid. As for left-wing politicians who wreck cities and countries, they know what theyāre doing, that the policies they implement are destructive. Some just like destroying things and causing upheaval, as leftists have done for who knows how long.
Does anyone think the left-leaning residents of Williamsburg, Astoria, and Manhattan are highly paid despite being stupid? Do people think the beautiful women amongst them are in the MAGA crowd and just have āemail jobsā?
Not surprising since these rejects are net zeros and contribute nothing of valueā¦ they have no issue destroying everything. They pander to emotionally unstable losers that buy into their BS.
Name a single leftist that contributes anything of value
Well in US there is not any major leftist party, but in Europe many blue collar workers vote left for obvious reasons.
I would say there you can find several figures who contribute to the society in the traditional sense youāre after here.
Academics, Baristas, etcā¦ If they all disappeared nothing of value would be lost