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To: SoldierDad
The results of the twins studies also applies to mental illnesses such as schizoprenia, which could hardly be said to be an adaptive outcome of genetics. I'd hazard to guess that even those cases where genetics plays a large part the outcome is still an anomaly
There's a school of thought these days that schizophrenia is a byproduct of the evolution of human intelligence. So yes, schizophrenia could be an adaptive outcome.
73 posted on 05/19/2008 7:44:14 PM PDT by ketsu
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To: ketsu

Actually, schizophrenia is maladaptive, not adaptive. Adaptive outcomes have benefits.


80 posted on 05/19/2008 8:19:29 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a 2nd BCT 10th Mountain Soldier home after 15 months in the Triangle of death)
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