The History of VG/AH Theory
October 20th, 1994 - Victoria G. is born in Midwest City, OK
December 21st, 1998 - Vanessa N. is born in Midwest City, OK
March 1999 - Victoria is diagnosed with ADD/ADHD
March 2000 - José is diagnosed with ADD/ADHD
September 4th, 2000 - José discovers “The Blindspot” and coins the term “The Starchild” to describe Victoria G., the original AH
January 2001 - Rebbie is diagnosed with ADD/ADHD
May 28th, 2001 - José purchases Hartmann’s “Hunter” book. Until this point, José had never heard of Hartmann’s Metaphor
June 3rd, 2001 - José takes the karaoke stage for the first time and performs “Still” (by Lionel Richie), and begins to find people who become the basis of VG/AH Theory
June 28th, 2001 - Rebbie writes “The Awakening”, in which she describes what she believes to be her “Hunter” nature (despite the fact she had not read Hartmann’s book). In order to describe her and others, José coins the term “Gatherer” - as an analogue of Hartmann’s “Hunter” - thus marking the birth of VG/AH Theory
July 18th, 2001 - Tired of the lame internet acronym LOL, José coins SWF (“Snot Went Flying”)
August 22nd, 2001 - José realizes that Vanessa N. is a Gatherer and not a “Farmer”
January 30th, 2002 - Rebbie formulates the definition of “AH”
February 2nd, 2002 - Based on Rebbie’s definition of AH, José begins writing - the first drafts of - a series of essays which would become the outline for description of VG/AH Theory
February 16th, 2002 - José posts at ToT (Hartmann’s ADHD Forum) for the first time
May 20th, 2002 - José posts a series of essays - at ToT - announcing VG/AH Theory and the existence of the “Gatherer”. From several entrenched ToTers, these are met by hostility and poor reviews, except for Connector, who immediately embraces his status as a “Gatherer”
June 27th, 2002 - To honor Connector (a self-proclaimed “VSL”) and so that the initials of Victoria’s pseudonym become V.G.A.H., José coins the dimensionless acronyms “VG” and “AH” to replace “Gatherer” and “Hunter”, respectively
July 22nd, 2002 - José discovers Leif’s “Neanderthal Theory of Autism” and immediately realizes he’s discovered an important missing piece of VG/AH Theory
September 30th, 2002 - José posts “Neanderthal Theory of Autism” at ToT, which is generally met by good reviews
August 1st, 2002 - José launches the “Hunters and Gatherers” discussion group, which immediately fizzles and dies
December 3rd, 2002 - Rebbie re-launches the “VG/AH Theory” discussion group with José as assistant moderator
January 12th, 2003 - Redstar announces his formulation of “AH Gnarly Powers” at The VG/AH Theory Discussion Group
May 21st, 2003 - José posts his semi-final version of “The Dual Continua” document, with “The Empathic Field” replacing “The Visual Gate” as the distinction between types VG and AH, at The VG/AH Theory Discussion Group
December 15th, 2003 - Rebbie finally posts her long-awaited (we’re talking months) “Contextual Parentheses” essay, in which she describes the anomalous manner by which extreme VGs experience time, at The VG/AH Theory Discussion Group
August 14th, 2004 - Based on Rebbie’s description of the difference in writing styles and “Pronoun Hell”, José’s description of the differences in the types of dyslexia, Redstar’s description of differences in GPs and reformulation of the MBTI temperaments according to the VG/AH schema, Ric (“The Oracle”) formulates a wide-sweeping and all-encompassing definition of the difference between VG and AH, at The VG/AH Theory Discussion Group