Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
Anyone into longevity agrees/disagrees with Elon here. Why? https://i.imgur.com/bVcFC2h.jpg
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Shane Glynn
@cno
If Elon’s argument was correct insurance companies wouldn’t ask if you smoke. :-) And twin studies show that BMI, smoking, alcoholism, and drug use are bigger factors than genetics in longevity. The famous Danish twin study showed the heritability of longevity to be ~0.25.
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Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
Ummm not smoking doesn’t seem to extend the end of our lives https://i.imgur.com/PAcE7Aa.jpg
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Diego Basch
@dbasch
They are talking past each other. Read David Sinclair's book to see what he means by Lifespan, it's interesting.
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Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
What do you mean by they are talking past each other?
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Diego Basch
@dbasch
I mean that they don't contradict each other. Both are true. Our maximal lifespan is a feature of the genes, and at the same time many people live much less longer than they could because of all the reasons Sinclair points out. It's just performative tweeting.
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Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
So we can’t increase our maximal lifespan?
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Diego Basch
@dbasch
the consensus seems to be: a lot more people are going to live productive lives past 85 or 90 in coming decades with current science and lifestyles. However, we need a scientific breakthrough to extend life significantly beyond 120. The only documented case (Jeanne Calment) is suspect.
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Giuliano Giacaglia
@giu
That’s great!
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