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> You argued that homeschooled children would essentially fail when exposed to a fairly normal social situation No. I said home-schooled kids would be less pro
by ethbr0 5y ago
> You argued that homeschooled children would essentially fail when exposed to a fairly normal social situation
No. I said home-schooled kids would be less proficient at navigating a cocktail party vs their other-schooled peers.
> likely results in a much more diverse amount of viral and bacterial exposure than a few generations ago
Here's a recent study on modern urban microbiome diversity: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00585-7 https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)00585-7 . Summary, it's complicated.
> We have some anecdotal evidence (although with lots of confounding factors) that people in countries with a higher percentage of children having grown up around agriculture have suffered worse than rich world countries
Do you have a source?