“Why is this in late stage capitalism?” Besides the pants-shittingly dystopian news, the article points out that some factors include things like environmental issues and obesity, and guess which economic system is largely to blame for those things?
“Why is this in late stage capitalism?” Besides the pants-shittingly dystopian news, the article points out that some factors include things like environmental issues and obesity, and guess which economic system is largely to blame for those things?
Well it says that:
If someone were paranoid it would seem pretty doomer. At worst you would expect birthrates to be halved over these years. But this is far from the case. Birth rates are still a factor of development and living conditions rather than any biological bottleneck.
This is just great replacement theory in the garb of a scientific article.
Since the news website really wanted me to credit them:
Meanwhile the author:
He is hardly an expert in this field. You shouldn’t take points like this from cranks.
Once sperm counts are above 40-50 million/ml, more doesn’t necessarily mean a higher chance of conception. However, once you drop below that amount, the probability of conception starts dropping off rapidly as sperm counts fall. The implications of this being that there shouldn’t be any noticeable trends in birthrate tied to sperm counts for now. Since the concentration is falling at an accelerated pace, this may soon have a noticeable impact on society.
There has been some research into potential causes, and I personally believe that it’s due to “endocrine disrupters” such as phthalates, PCBs, PFAS, BPA, BPS, and others. Since humans stand at the top of the food pyramid, all of these chemicals are accumulating within us. I don’t think there’s any escaping this; this is likely one of the possible Great Filters.
This seems to be true from two research papers I skimmed through.
Oof, that’s fair, I didn’t read beyond the headline tbh 😵💫