@Earth2Ceres @bayeslord 🤷♀️ it's not a single gene but many, they're still figuring it out (and yes my data is in the 23&me dataset that's been used for a bunch of papers trying to figure it out)
@Earth2Ceres @bayeslord I'm very conflicted because there's also data saying if you select for intelligence you increase odds of bipolar, if you select against you decrease creativity as well... but like, ~1 in 5 ppl w bipolar die of suicide & ~1 in 2 make at least one attempt in their lifetime
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Reply · Dec 4, 2021@TheBrometheus Do you feel this way about bipolar too? Considering the strong genetic link and that 20% die of suicide... But at the same time we may…Reply · Feb 18, 2023@ruthhook_ would it ever be possible to select against excessive # of bipolar genes?Reply · Oct 5, 2021@PatrickDFarley @sentientist It is correlated with more creativity and divergent thinking, both in patients and in their genetic relatives who may not…Reply · Dec 6, 2023@SimoneSyed my theory is they mean bipolar and want a smidge of the creative genes https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5318923/