It's All In The Chemistry

THE TIMES -- Nov 23 -- Eric Holzle is so convinced of the theory that straight women are naturally attracted to men based on their immune systems that he created Scientificmatch.com, a dating website that pairs people by their immune systems. Holzle says that a recent University of New Mexico study shows that couples with complementary genetic immunity profiles have better sex lives, more intense orgasms, greater fertility and cheat less. David Altshuler, a geneticist at Harvard University, certainly believes there's something to it, but he rejected the notion that the best relationships begin with genetics. It's people's phenotype — meaning, their personality — not genotype, that applies to dating, he says. It's more important that a mate makes you laugh, cares for you, and shares your interests.

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[James Houran]

Hi all,

David Altshuler, a geneticist at Harvard University perused Eric Holzle’s site and then said, without apologies, “This is all such hooey.”

Yet another independent expert who sees this approach as pseudoscience. In fact, the entire service is based on an incomplete or incompetent understanding of the very studies cited on the website! Please see my in-depth criticims and the fallacies I've identified in earlier posts on this subject.

Thanks,

James Houran, Ph.D.