In twenty years, will the best evidence available suggest that sperm counts have been substantially declining across most of the world?
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Linked to the ACX post "Declining Sperm Count: Much More Than You Wanted To Know".
- If in 20 years, a brief review of the evidence convinces me that the sperm count decline was substantially real, I will resolve this YES.
- This is true even if the decline has stopped by 2043 (ie scientists then believe it was declining now, but is no longer declining at that time).
