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Agreed. Seems very likely to perpetuate the myth of ADHD sufferers as being gifted with neurological superpowers when actually the "ADHD-like" symptoms they describe are debilitating for many.

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The premise is just warped from the start. "Hey kids, impaired executive function may make you more likely to succeed in life."

I mean... what?

Starting a company (or three) because your impulse control is shot is statistically more likely to financially ruin you than it is to make you succeed. Not to mention how useful properly functioning executive function is in actually running a company that has a chance of succeeding. Take it from me...

But think of all the possible benefits of sleep issues! The amount of growth we could have if everyone just slept a little worse. /s

That point is what really gets me going. This experiment is badly designed from the start. Experiment 1 is especially useless, as it tries to correlate answers that people gave while being sleep deprived to their general sleep patterns and assumes that the outcome is the same. What?

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