Ten Things That I Find It Hard to Believe --- ADD Tip o the Day 335

[doug puryear]

 It's hard for me to believe:

1. that ADD doesn't exist - because I have it, others have it, and research shows difference in our brains from "vanilla" folks

2. that it is just a matter of character, of willpower, or of needing to "just try harder" - see above, plus I know some pretty impressive people with ADD or ADHD

3. that it is caused by food additives - there is no scientific support for this

4. that the moon walk was a fake - tho it is pretty incredible if you think about it

5. that vaccines cause autism - has been pretty well disproven; the British scientist who perpetrated this hoax has been discredited and lost his license for faking his data

6. that the earth is flat - evidence is pretty strong against this

7. that "natural medicines" are safer than manufactured ones - they contain the same chemicals and are produced under less safe and supervised conditions

8. that ritalin is addictive - tho it can be abused

9. that intelligent people can be so gullible - probably me included sometimes; we often confuse our beliefs with fact. We found a belief on emotion and then search for data to support it and ignore or reject any data that does not.

10. that certain groups of people are less than others -( tho I am willing to consider the possibility in the case of smokers)

doug    

I do believe that science is far from perfect, but that evidence is preferable to intuition or urban myths.

"If ignorance is bliss, then why do we see so many unhappy people?"   -unknown cynic

too much information clik here

dr hughes on myths clik here

ps I do not wish to offend anyone; you state your cherished beliefs and I'll state mine.

[doug puryear]

Bryan's post on myths and free book      clik here

what a mess i have made of this post.  i may write my next post about it.  or maybe not.  who knows? i may get distracted.

[doug puryear]

sorry, the too much info link doesnt work, here is the correct link i hope  clik here