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In my last post, I outlined David Sinclair's information theory of aging which claims to explain why we age....
David Sinclair is one of the most renowned scientists working on biological aging. He has published a new book...
In the video at the end of the text, Ray Kurzweil discusses the idea of connecting our brains to...
The German computer magazine c't has a series of articles about biohacking and transhumanism in their January 2018 issue....
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I think I bought this book the day it came out and read it immediately, putting aside another book,...
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I just finished reading the The Telomere Effect by Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn and Elissa Epel (2017). I was...
Elena Milova writes about a new survey asking people how long they'd like to live under different conditions. The...
In Cracking the Aging Code - The New Science of Growing Old-And What It Means for Staying Young, Josh...
Recently, I watched an interview where Ray Kurzweil talked with Aubrey de Grey. For me, the most interesting part...
A while back, I finished reading the The Immortality Chronicles, a volume of the popular Future Chronicles anthology series....
Michael Pietroforte wrote a new post, Why we don't have to age: A short discussion of David Sinclair's anti-aging level 1 and 2 1 month ago
In my last post, I outlined David Sinclair’s information theory of aging which claims to explain why we age. Today, I will summarize why Sinclair thinks that we don’t have to accept this unfortunate fate. Essentially, Sinclair claims that we can intervene in the aging process at three different levels:…
Miguel Queiroz commented on A summary of David Sinclair’s Information Theory of Aging 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Thank you also for your reply, Michael. Yes, I don’t disagree that for a theory to abide to the scientific method, it usually needs to be quantifiable, measurable and predicting of repeatable phenomena. I have nothing to say against that. I did a BA in Forestry so I kind of…
Michael Pietroforte commented on A summary of David Sinclair’s Information Theory of Aging 3 months, 3 weeks ago
Miguel, thank you for your comment. First of all, as someone who has been trained in the philosophy of science, the history of science and quite a few different natural sciences, I can tell you that all reputable scientists make many wrong claims throughout their careers. Thus, I don’t think…
Miguel Queiroz commented on A summary of David Sinclair’s Information Theory of Aging 3 months, 4 weeks ago
Dear Michael, Speaking of contradictions, as you well put: “Of course, I am only an interested layman and no match at all for a high-class scientist like David Sinclair.” But then you say: “…scientists who support the damage theory of aging oversimplify things…” or “At best, this is a nice…
Michael Pietroforte wrote a new post, A summary of David Sinclair's Information Theory of Aging 6 months, 2 weeks ago
David Sinclair is one of the most renowned scientists working on biological aging. He has published a new book with the title Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don’t Have To. This post is a summary of Sinclair’s Information Theory of Aging.
Joe commented on Book review – The Telomere Effect – More damage to the damage theory of aging 1 year, 1 month ago
This seems very reasonable. I think I have heard a recent BBC interview on the nature of Phage Therapy. It seems this area has been neglected, comparativeely…and some modern research is using DNA to guide the applicaiton of phages to cure/immunize a specific individual of a specific problem…However the modern…
Michael Pietroforte commented on Book review – The Telomere Effect – More damage to the damage theory of aging 1 year, 3 months ago
I think nowadays most health-related lifestyle recommendations are based on statistics and the possible causal explanations (biochemical pathways) are often without real empirical evidence. This is why recommendations change every few years. Before fats were all bad, now carbs are the main culprit. However, things are changing rapidly now because…
Joe Komagawa commented on Book review – The Telomere Effect – More damage to the damage theory of aging 1 year, 3 months ago
Thanks for your reply. I am trying to wrap up my evening here in Japan, preparing for tomorrow’s classes. But still I want to write a quick reply in case you have further thoughts before my Friday classes. It seems there is ALOT of smoke about the Telomeres that…
Michael Pietroforte commented on Book review – The Telomere Effect – More damage to the damage theory of aging 1 year, 3 months ago
Joe, thanks! You are right, all the studies that found that the telomere length depends on the lifestyle are just based on statistical correlations. However, there are possible causal explanations. For instance, if you have fewer infections, fewer cell devisions are required.
