Deathbed Confessions Are Highly overrated! - ADHD Confession
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What’s in a translation? A lot apparently. There has been a rash of hoax “news” reports stating that the “Inventor” of ADHD confessed on his deathbed that it is made up. I don’t even know where to begin with this, unless maybe to say … No!
The great thing about stories like this is that they sound really good, don’t they? But I like to ask questions when I read things. Questions like “Where’s the interview?” “Who did the interview?” “Can I please read the actual interview?”
Anyone up for a read?
The answer to “Can I read the interview?” is no. Well, it’s not literally no. It turns out that the answer is “You can read the article that was written from the interview, here it is. How’s your German?”
Well, my answer to that is “Not great, but I have google translate, so stand back!”
Oops, that didn’t work so good …
… from Der Spiegel: “Ein großer, hagerer Mann mit Brille und Hosenträgern öffnete 2009 die Tür zu seiner Wohnung am Harvard Square, lud an den Küchentisch und schenkte Kaffee aus. Niemals hätte er gedacht, erzählte er, dass seine Erfindung einmal derart populär würde. “ADHS ist ein Paradebeispiel für eine fabrizierte Erkrankung”, sagte Eisenberg. “Die genetische Veranlagung für ADHS wird vollkommen überschätzt.””
Uh, okay, all I got from that was “Kaffee.” Have at it, google!!!
… from google translate: “A tall, thin man with glasses and suspenders opened in 2009, the door to his apartment in Harvard Square, invited at the kitchen table and poured coffee from. He never would have thought, he said that his invention would be so popular once. “ADHD is a prime example of a fabricated disease,” Eisenberg said. “The genetic predisposition for ADHD is completely overrated.””
Read the full article at Psych Central
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