Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by khookie 5609 days ago
Airplane mode is also good for keeping your sperm count up when it's in your pockets.
3 comments

Is it really that bad? I'd like to see a study on this, at the moment I'm just a bit freaked out from reading 4HB but I'll definitely try to remember doing this
What is 4HB?
The Four-Hour Body, by Tim Ferriss. There's a chapter on gaining progeny, for those who want that; he observes that when you put a cellphone next to rats for an hour a day their sperm count and free testosterone are lowered.
Tim Ferriss observed this? Or in which peer-reviewed journal did the study appear?
Strangely, I couldn't find a place in the book where he directly cites the dozens of studies he says he read; but he does quote from this one: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19578660
However, do not try keeping the phone out of airplane mode as a substitute for other contraception methods.
Why do you care about that? Unless you're actively trying to have a child?