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That's kind of an understatement. Three traumatic brain injuries is not exactly something that can be ignored when discussing differences in mental faculties.
Concussion, and Traumatic Brain Injury, are two very different diagnosis.
The two shouldn't be conflated.
I'm not conflating anything. A concussion is literally considered a mild TBI.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/concussion/symptoms-causes/syc-20355594
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/traumatic-brain-injury-tbi
https://biausa.org/brain-injury/about-brain-injury/what-is-a-brain-injury/concussion-mtbi
The same way that stapling your finger and being shot, are both wounds.