We’ve ALWAYS Been Part of the Plan…
MRI brain imaging reveals that Autistic brains, ADHD brains, and Dyslexic brains are physiologically different from neurotypical brains. This is fantastic news for ALL humans, because it means each of these brain types is wired differently. Different wiring creates unique ways of processing the world leading to a wider variety of contributions to the survival and evolution of ALL humankind.
Throughout history, neurodivergent people have radically impacted civilization. Think of Autistic scientists like Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton, Dyslexic artists like Leonardo Da Vinci and Pablo Picasso, and out-of-the-box ADHDrs like Bill Gates and IKEA’s Ingvar Kamprad (though maybe that’s more like in-the-box-thinking? ;o)) Also, I have ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE, but it’s pretty obvious (to me) that it was an autistic goatherd who noticed his goats went nuts and wouldn’t sleep after eating a certain kind of berries. This observant goatherd mentioned said “unexpected” goat behavior to a monk with ADHD. In a “Hail Mary” to improve focus during his monotonous morning prayers, our monk impulsively decided to consume a beverage brewed from the goats’ happy berries. And so it was that autistic pattern-recognition and ADHD inattentiveness and impulsivity created the elixir of the gods (and the next best thing to Adderall) coffee*. Again, I have ABSOLUTELY no evidence that the monk and goatherd were actually neurodivergent, but all I can say is, I’m pretty sure only someone wired for impulsive behavior would consider, “… it didn’t kill the goats,” a viable reason to consume possibly poisonous goat berry tea.
** Coffee grown worldwide can trace, potential of these beloved beans.
History and Modern Science prove that long-term survival in ANY species hinges on biodiversity (Eeek! Remember the Habsburgs?) As such, I offer you a simple-ish theorem (or proof? Theatre/English major here, definitely not a math-y person):
IF human survival depends on biodiversity
THEN we are only here today as a result of the advantageous variety in human genotypes.
IT IS ACKNOWLEDGED that part of the diversity coded into these genotypes is brain diversity
ERGO, THUS, HENCE, CONSEQUENTLY and WELL… OBVIOUSLY neurodiversity has always been part of the plan. More importantly, it’s part of the success of humankind.
You’re welcome. 😜 Seriously, where would we be without coffee?