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[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

The quality of sperm and the volume declines with age.

This is well known, and would have taken him two seconds to find a study on nih.gov about this. Not that it matters, since he's operating by "feel" instead of fact.

[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Is he saying old men? I read it as teens today have less than men in the 1970's.

[–] human@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

“In 1970, men had twice the sperm count as our teenagers do today,” Kennedy said Monday. “This is an existential crisis for our country.”

https://people.com/rfk-jr-says-men-in-the-70s-had-twice-as-much-sperm-as-teenage-boys-today-existential-crisis-11972098

"men in the '70s" = men in the 1970s, not "men in their 70s"

Just clarifying. I think he's an idiot.

[–] FoxyFerengi@startrek.website 4 points 1 day ago

My bad, I shouldn't have commented before fully waking up :)

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not to give him too much credit, but it sounds like that's what he's trying to say. Men in the 70's, who reasonably should have lower production than teenagers, have more when compared to the teens of today.

[–] Virtvirt588@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It seems to be that he is talking about it in the worst way possible, considering his reputation I'm not surprised. It just a situation which undermines the factual evidence.