The Designated Liar

We know Amish kids don’t have the chronic illnesses of the public at large. Most of us assume it’s the food. Maybe the vaccinations. But the Amish also don’t choose mates the same as the rest of the public. I wonder if that matters. Hypothesis: What if non-Amish humans started picking mates in the modern era with too much in common, simply because we can? For example, Perplexity says two engineers are more likely than non-engineers to have a kid on the spectrum. The Amish don’t have that risk. The Amish engineers don’t meet each other at their cubicle jobs and fall in love. They don’t have engineers or cubicles. I still think food is the main culprit with chronic illnesses. Maybe meds too. But I wouldn’t rule out mate selection differences.

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