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relsted to the secular decline in testosterone (whatever's causing that)?

• brokenmachine 10y ago
  Secular??
  • alexmat 10y ago
    "(of a fluctuation or trend) occurring or persisting over an indefinitely long period. "there is evidence that the slump is not cyclical but secular""
  • dyim 10y ago
    I've heard finance-types use "secular" to mean "long-term" (as opposed to "non-religious")
• _yvjs 10y ago
  *related since this doesn't seem familiar to people, a little more detail: http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/02/16/did-falling-testosterone-affect-falling-crime/ http://slatestarcodex.com/2015/02/16/did-falling-testosteron... https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-lookup/doi/10.1210/jc.2006-1375 https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-lookup/doi/10.1210/jc.... https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17895324 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17895324 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323394504578607641775723354 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323394504578607... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/mens-health/10695991/Why-are-mens-sperm-rates-falling.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/mens-health/10695991/W... Serum testosterone levels and sperm count and quality seem to be declining. Not entirely clear it's real and not all clear why it would be happening. Some contrary evidence: http://www.harryfisch.com/pdf/Declining%20Worldwide%20Sperm%20Counts-Disproving%20a%20Myth.pdf http://www.harryfisch.com/pdf/Declining%20Worldwide%20Sperm%...