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In addition, I would like to see more articles about the dangers of misdiagnosis of adhd. There are a lot a conditions that can be mistaken for adhd( sleep disorders to overactive thyroid). The articles that try to glorify it really annoy me, I can't come up with a single benefit of adhd in my life.

I don't agree...

"The more important fundamental laws and facts of physical science have all been discovered, and these are now so firmly established that the possibility of their ever being supplanted in consequence of new discoveries is exceedingly remote... Our future discoveries must be looked for in the sixth place of decimals." Albert A. Michelson, speech given in 1894 at the dedication of Ryerson Physics Lab, University of Chicago.

I'm curious if these scientists try to make the connection between the flow and the focused attention meditation. It seems to me that by trying to meditate, you are actually trying to get to the state of flow.

But we need to be carrefull, the amount of sleep you need is mostly genetic(apparently). Here is a link: https://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3kj669/science_ama...

As someone with ADHD I'm very interested how to improve the brain, now I'm working on the same(good sleep, meditation,physical exercice and less sugar).

Can I ask what are the optimizations that you speak about ?

"I'm sure if he wants to play sports or learn history, he'll excel at it too." I'm not so sure about that, maybe it depends how you see excel

Your post should be submitted here too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10545689

Here is a summary of : So Good They Can’t Ignore You by Cal Newport, which is about this subject.

http://www.kevinrandom.com/1-page-summary-so-good-they-cant-...

Quote: "The passion movement started in the 1970s. The core illusion: that there is a magic job out there that’s right for you, and will solve all your problems. This illusion applies to relationships too :) "

"and not of exceptional height" but you still have to pass some mark to be competitive and I think this is important. You have to take in account that the job market is competitive, meaning that some people would have an intrinsic advantage over others.

I'm in a similar situation, now at university, no idea for what I'm waking up in the morning, living the zombie life. Only I don't come from upper class, nor I'm very talented. So the reality for people like me is somewhat different.

But do you agree that for some white collar jobs, if done efficiently, 6 hours per day is enough? I would prefer to have 6 hours day and be paid less.

It's not something new, but most of the public policies don't take it in account, which is unfortunate.

I suppose it has something to do with the g factor...

I like this warren buffett's thought experiment : http://www.businessinsider.com/warren-buffett-on-the-ovarian...

I really want to know what do you think is wrong with it?

But if you take in account the statistics of how many start-ups succeed, that's not a great deal...

I think the chart about perceived productivity is for you :)

It's different in the sense that you know that your firend cares about you, where as for software you can't be sure if it's in your interests.