Pretty much everything he says is just correlation and I don't think a person following it would be more than marginally better off then if they did nothing.
Well, it's just a thought experiment. We do have a pretty good dataset in the Bible and ancient legends that the patriarch lived to be over 900 years until the Flood. After the Flood their lifespans fell to the current 100 years over about 1000 years.
The question is whether there is an environmental effect that is universal on Earth that could cause that result. The atmosphere is the only environmental variable that is pretty close to the same everywhere on Earth.
As it turns out, by studying bubbles trapped in amber, scientists have discovered that the ancient atmosphere had a much higher fraction of oxygen - about 38 to 40 percent compared to the current 21 percent. That means the Oxygen in the atmosphere has been halved.
Studies on hyperbaric oxygen therapy have shown amazing results for a wide range of conditions. Nerves and cartilage regrow. Kids with cerebral palsy are able to walk.
I believe that oxygen supplementation is likely to be the one factor that makes a massive difference in longevity.
It may also tie into your biomechanical structure theory. Neanderthals and early humans had amazing jaw structure and perfect teeth.
You have mentioned genotype versus phenotype. We have the genes fir perfect jaws and teeth, but some factors are causing our phenotypes to twist and implode. Oxygen, nutrition, and jaw exercise seem likely to be where the proximate causes will be found.
One of the things that i think about most and ill write a post about eventually is..
...if you counteract biomechanical collapse, which is quite simple to do by just raising the height of the back teeth with composite and keeping them flat, what kills a human being?
And maybe the answer is nothing.
Maybe we are capable of living for 100s of years as you mention above.
"…and McKinsey consultant." spiked my controlled-opposition radar. Just sayin'.
hahahahaha true... and i say that as an ex-BCG consultant from almost 20 yrs back... :)
Strategy consulting is now a world i am very skeptical of.
Ken, do you have any theories on why the antedeluvians lived over 900 years?
that's outside my scope of expertise but i just looked it up and looks pretty interesting.. will delve when i have more time.
Pretty cool history stuff you're posting too... looks like you're really deep into that topic
Well, it's just a thought experiment. We do have a pretty good dataset in the Bible and ancient legends that the patriarch lived to be over 900 years until the Flood. After the Flood their lifespans fell to the current 100 years over about 1000 years.
The question is whether there is an environmental effect that is universal on Earth that could cause that result. The atmosphere is the only environmental variable that is pretty close to the same everywhere on Earth.
As it turns out, by studying bubbles trapped in amber, scientists have discovered that the ancient atmosphere had a much higher fraction of oxygen - about 38 to 40 percent compared to the current 21 percent. That means the Oxygen in the atmosphere has been halved.
Studies on hyperbaric oxygen therapy have shown amazing results for a wide range of conditions. Nerves and cartilage regrow. Kids with cerebral palsy are able to walk.
I believe that oxygen supplementation is likely to be the one factor that makes a massive difference in longevity.
It may also tie into your biomechanical structure theory. Neanderthals and early humans had amazing jaw structure and perfect teeth.
You have mentioned genotype versus phenotype. We have the genes fir perfect jaws and teeth, but some factors are causing our phenotypes to twist and implode. Oxygen, nutrition, and jaw exercise seem likely to be where the proximate causes will be found.
yes exactly.
One of the things that i think about most and ill write a post about eventually is..
...if you counteract biomechanical collapse, which is quite simple to do by just raising the height of the back teeth with composite and keeping them flat, what kills a human being?
And maybe the answer is nothing.
Maybe we are capable of living for 100s of years as you mention above.