4 ms·
I hesitate to comment as I haven't read the paper but skimmed comments and abstract... Wouldn't marrying/reproducing in smaller circles historically have been
by hoopism 11y ago
I hesitate to comment as I haven't read the paper but skimmed comments and abstract...
Wouldn't marrying/reproducing in smaller circles historically have been higher throughout history as transportation and availability would have been less prevalent?
I would imagine that people tended to marry within their social circle at a much higher frequency in say the 1800s than they do now.
Also, it's always curious when I read studies about the increase in Autism rates. I am in the middle of reading Neurotribes and have read elsewhere that much of that increase can be explained in the broadening of the definition and increase in social awareness. Perhaps that doesn't account for the entirety of the increase, but I would be curious as to what percent we're attributing in this paper.
- JoeAltmaier 11y agoIts possible autism was more widespread in the 1700s-1800s. And with increased social circles it diminished. And today its increasing again for some other reason. Some kind of 'Autism Laffer Curve'.
- digi_owl 11y agoOr it stuck out less, because so much more of life was toiling at the farm (or the factory floor) doing a routine. Thus the "odd fellow" out on that remote farm may well have fallen into what today goes for mild end Autism, or Aspergers, but functioned because the farm life was mostly self sufficient. Sometimes i wonder how many of the old west mountain men were on the mild end, and opted for a life away from society.
- rustynails 11y agoAlso, with an increase in women in tertiary education, you have greater chance of like-minded couples meeting and having children.