That was a rhetorical question.
Anyway, I read your wiki link and it kinda says that late paternal age doesn't imply shit.
"A 2017 review found that while severe health effects are associated with higher paternal age, the total increase in problems caused by paternal age is low."
That sounds to me as in, either you are born seriously defective, or there is no problem at all.
That's why I think that prenatal medicine is what makes the difference in these cases.
And Pacino can afford the best.
Anyway, obviously doing things perfectly is better than any other option. Still, considering the many other factors at play with fathering, I think a rich, famous, intelligent, talented, loving, etc old guy is a better prospect than many other ones, almost all except for a rich, famous, intelligent, talented, loving, young guy.
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Otter (24464)
a year ago
The linked article did sound inconclusive, as scientific stuff always does when there isn't enough solid researched-based evidence to go around sounding conclusive in public. Funny, there don't seem to be a lot of studies or many long-term analyses, as if it were an unpopular subject for research or something. Funny how there's so much more research on maternal age than paternal age, isn't it?
And you don't know much about prenatal care, do you.
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Heisenberg (6325)
a year ago
I am not an expert of prenatal care. Why?
Are you?
Mothers are waaaay more important than fathers in making the kid, hence there is more scientific research in their direction.
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Otter (24464)
a year ago
I'm not an expert in prenatal care, but I had to study it in college, enough to know that prenatal care can detect some developmental issues but not all, and can't fix the ones that are found, they can only inform the parents that they might want to consider an abortion. So "the best prenatal care" is no guarantee of a perfect child, and neither is money. Frankly, the most important thing about prenatal care is getting some, getting any, the absence of prenatal care makes more difference than the quality.
And I also had to study human genetics, which is why I know that half of any baby's DNA comes from the father! But seriously, you sound threatened by any suggestion that late paternal age might have a negative effect on offspring, as if you wanted to uphold the idiotic social belief that aging is a terrible thing in women but not in men.
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