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If health has declined and testosterone levels have declined then absent any other information I am going to assume that the decline in testosterone is at best
by jeffreyrogers 6y ago
If health has declined and testosterone levels have declined then absent any other information I am going to assume that the decline in testosterone is at best uncorrelated with health. Now, maybe there is a reason to assume that lower testosterone levels are actually healthier but I'm going to trust my eyes for the time being.
- throwaway2245 6y agoBy almost any measure, global health has improved and global testosterone levels have declined. Absent any other information, you should therefore assume...
- bordercases 6y agoAt the same time you are hiding information by taking the global average as the proper baseline for comparison. This is disingenuous here because the original study picked a US cohort. The factors that are responsible for global health indicators improving might be, at least in principle, cancelled out in the US.