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andai
on Dec 1, 2022
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Sperm counts worldwide are plummeting faster than ...
Am I reading this right that the average person has 86-96% abnormal sperm?
Inviz
on Dec 1, 2022
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That's what I gathered. The report had a set of different potential abnormalities , by intersecting them all the number gets kind of low. Here's a photo of the report if you're curious
https://imgur.com/a/LtG2KVb
Izkata
on Dec 1, 2022
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Ah, that just sounds like "no one is average" and that anecdote about pilots.
gjsman-1000
on Dec 1, 2022
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If normal is 86-96% “abnormal,” it would seem abnormal is normal and normal is abnormal. ;)
delecti
on Dec 1, 2022
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English certainly has a bad habit of conflating good/bad with common/uncommon.
mc32
on Dec 1, 2022
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...doesn't that mean that those ("abnormal" ones) are the normal ones and the "normal" ones are the abnormal ones?
fullstackchris
on Dec 1, 2022
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Also interested... seems insanely high
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