while hormones provide a physiological response which expands life, the life span itself is often more dependent on metabolism. Slower animals (elephants and turtles) live longer than faster ones (like mice and hummingbirds).
We shouldn't have to mess up in the nature's creations ..... Stupid AMERICANS , don't you now that if we double the lifespan , the consequences are going to be catastrophic after years !!!!
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We do not need any new drug, just cut out the carbohydrates which are surplus to nutritional requirements, and replace them with saturated fats. High fat and no carbs is the way to immortality.
Any patents realized by this discovery may serve to increase the gap between the poor and the wealthy. I can't see drug companies giving this away as a result of the goodness in their hearts.
I do not care much about the "live longer" aspect of this talk (ok ask me again in 50 years), but having seen my grandmother wasting away on Alzheimer, any prospect of fighting this desease is good news!
@EquinoxIV haven't had time to watch this talk yet but check out paleo / coconut oil / mct oils... very interesting stuff concerning the slowing/reversal (of early onset) Alzheimer
My grandmother also has Alzheimer, not nice to watch anyone go through :(
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Well nice talk...I think this research filed should go on but I wander why do we need to live longer? It might be dangerous, taking in account a holistic view...
I mean the average life-span is greater and greater...we are overpopulating this earth and we are not fully capable to sustain ourselves. In Romania the retirement age has increased in order for the government to be able to pay already retired people... What do you think?
What Dr. Kenyon doesn’t mention is that there is a non-pharmaceutical way to induce slower aging, and that is through the mitigation of insulin production and insulin like growth factor (IGF-1). This is done through significant caloric restriction, which can be cumbersome because it involves hunger. But another, less arduous way to do this is through carbohydrate restriction (i.e. low carb/low sugar diets). Dr. Kenyon does this herself, as it says in the Wikipedia article about her.
@alphacause Fruits and vegetables are carbohydrates. I would never ever suggest for someone to eat less fruits and vegetables, unless they had some kind of medical condition. Actually in my own opinion, to slow the aging process, one must eat grains of 30%-60% as a percentage of their diet, depending on how carbohydrate-resistant their body is (converting energy to fat). Most people eat too little healthy carbs (grains, fruits, and vegetables). Advice: very little protein.
@Prolite Vegetables/fruits are good (more veg than fruit). Grains are unnecessary - even harmful in large amounts. Vegetables/fruits do have carbs, but most have a high percentage of their carbs coming from fiber, a much higher percentage than whole grains, and since fiber does not spike blood sugar and actually blunts the blood sugar spike of other carbs, it does not provoke insulin/IGF-1 like whole grains. Secondly, vegetables/fruits have a higher nutrient/ phytochemical content than grains
@alphacause YOu're saying grains are unnecessary!? That's like saying vegetables are unnecessary. Back up your proof boy. Otherwise grains would be in the junk food isle of the supermarket. lol ignorance... ::sigh:::
@Prolite Grains are unnecessary. If they were necessary, humanity would have died out. Because prior to the advent of agriculture (10,000 - 13,000 years ago), homo sapiens, and hominid precursors to homo sapiens did not have access to them in any significant amount. Secondly, during the ice age most of our ancestors did not have access to them. Hunter gatherer societies persist to this day, without them. They are only a staple in our diet because they are a cheap source of calories (cont).
@Prolite (continued from previous response) For more information on how unnecessary grains are, and how harmful they can be, check out the works of Dr. Loren Cordain and Dr. Boyd Eaton. Dr. Cordain has lectures, here on YouTube, you can listen to.
@alphacause Don't inform people that grains are bad because that aren't. No creditable news source ever claims this. This falsity of yours is like a cult to you. And if you want to eat wrong, go ahead. But this is a bad eating habit by eating no grains, similar to the craziness of the whole "Atkins Diet" that so many people swore by until they died from it. You're a nut job. You belong with the Tea Party.
@Prolite Type in Google "Why Grains Are Unhealthy Mark's Daily Apple" Its the first link. Mr. Sisson writes an article on the subject of whole grains, and he cites numerous studies, from places like Johns Hopkins University, which you can access by clicking on some of the links he has in the article.
@Prolite (continued from last response) I would also emphasize that between vegetables and fruit, I would emphasize vegetables, because there is less sugar in them, and a higher ratio of fiber to non-fibrous carbs, which is important in blood sugar regulation, which in turn effects insulin and IGF-1, the promoters of cellular aging. Again there is no need to rely on grains, because any nutrient found in grains is found in greater abundance in vegetables
@alphacause The healthiest diet in the world is the "Mediterranean Diet." 30$-60% of diet should come from grains, seeds, wheat, etc.. The rest of the diet should be beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish (or chicken as a substitute). Combine that with low portions per meal, eat every 2 hours or more frequently, lots of water, and exercise twice a day (morning and evening) and this regime will allow people to live the longest they possibly can.
@Prolite But what is it about the Mediterranean Diet that is healthy? Is it really the grains, or the abundance of vegetables, fruit, fish, and olive oil which are really the health promoters? I think wheat and other grains are getting UNDESERVED credit for the healthy benefits of these items.
We humans should focus more on improving our quality of life instead of gaining longer life. Unfortunately, it's probably easier for scientist to make us live longer than for us as a society to improve the quality of our lives.
It all seems a bit too simple to me. If there are only benefits to having a less receptive DAF-2 receptor, why would the individuals with this mutation not benefit on a global scale? Why are they the exceptions? I can see two answers; either they are not exceptions, but precursors in an ongoing evolution where we grow older, even if modern medicine etcetera, are accounted for. Or, there is an evolutionary reason not to live a whole lot longer than we do. I hope someone is thinking about this.
am i really hearing this!?!?!?! you don't just die of old age! People die from organ failures, cancer or other diseases. Even if the gene for ageing was gone you would still need loads of transplants by the time you were 100. I realise she must know all of this but she needs to stop pretending this is a solution to the problem when its only a minor part of it.
@ThePostRockProject Actually, you are only part right. The average chance for a healthy 26 year old to die within the next year is about 1/1000. That is the chance to die any given year if you have no age-related diseases. So without ageing, the average life span would be about 1000 years, all other things being equal. Though I'm not claiming all other things would be equal. And I'm also not saying I approve of people living longer. As of yet, I am firmly un-decided ;)
@BoyKissBoy I see what you are saying but unless i have missed something during me education people don't just fall down dead for simply being old. There are some diseases that the medical profession can't work out yet but there is normally a cause and effect of everything that goes wrong in the body.
@BoyKissBoy Why would this issue be an "approval" issue? Cancer treatment, medical surgeries, MRI's, vitamins, exercise, healthy diet, and etc... are ALL ways in which people continually live longer and longer - - and the improvements in health are never going to stop. Are you going to tell someone, "I don't approve of you exercising because you'll live 7-15 years longer"? lol if only you knew how ridiculous your statement sounded. lol
@Prolite Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise I was not allowed to have an opinion.
Of course it's not an issue of approval. Especially not my approval. The world will go on no matter what I think of it, and I'm fully aware of that. That has nothing to do with what I wrote. I simply meant to say that I don't mean to put myself on any side of the debate. I just had some thoughts about the facts. Sorry if I was confusing.
@ThePostRockProject Gene therapy, stem cell rejuvenation, and the growing of new organs will be a mature field of science by the middle of this century. Actually, organ transplant surgery will be available in the next 10-15 years. The heart and the liver will be the hardest organs, so maybe 20-30 years for them.
Why do discussions of science turn into bashing religion instead of a real discussion of the ethics of the science? Could it be that being anti religion is easier than actually thinking?
Population and life span are linked, but population and standard of living have a stronger link. Eliminate poverty and population will be under control.
Yes the rich and powerful will get it first. What else is new?
All the mafia and the fuckin government guys will have them, only the people who shudnt will be able to take those pills. After 200 years (If earth will still keep moving) people will be living only with drugs and pills, for younger face, for biger penis, for extra life years, for unlimited stamina, unlimited life, ammo and stuff (just trying to make a point) :P anyway, people then wont be able to live without takin 50 pills per day
now wat they don't realize is if this breakthrough comes there's no way the government would let it get to the public because we cant hav ppl living twice as long as normal imagine the population problem aging is there for a reason.
Ok...let me get this straight.... You want us to take a drug called Rapomysin (sp?) that will make us live longer...but it will suppress our immune system?? So, I will live longer, if I stay in a bubble...
No thanks... I will live as God intended me to, and when I die, I will die knowing I lived a good life. But, thanks anyway... I enjoyed the show.
@ranchgoddess Pretty sure she said she didn't want people to go out and take this. If you pay attention to what people are saying when they speak, you won't look so stupid.
Before we really start having people live a lot longer, we really need to get a grip on people having way too many kids. US lifestyle is sustainable for a world population of less than 2 Billion people as we blithely cruise past a world population of 7 Billion.
At least developed countries have stable populations. The US population didn't have enough births to replace everyone in the preceding generation. If we ever master fusion, or anything with equal energy potential then enormous populations will be sustainable.
@mellamosean I am glad you said the magic word if. There are many problems the human race faces right now. All of them trace back to over population. Once mighty rivers are now polluted trickles, global warming, lack of food, lack of energy. This is no longer a problem for our grandchildren, it is here now. On current trends we will no longer be able to feed ourselves by 2025. I like eating meat and don't want to become a vegetarian in the next few years.
@ranchgoddess Wow, thanks that's awesome. So if you are allowed to keep raising live stock instead of crops while people are starving, you will sell me some beef at today's prices when beef is more expensive than caviar. That is really kind of you on one hand, but all those extra people starving because you are raising live stock instead of crops is a little bit immoral. We are having fun with it now, but this is a real dilemma in the next 20 years....
@ranchgoddess There was nothing wrong with Malthus maths. He was entirely correct given the technology of the time. Haber-Bosch saved the day. There is no guarantee that science will come to the rescue, to rely on it doing so to avoid dealing with the reality of our time is irresponsible in the extreme. After all, 1999 & 2001 was some time ago. We have left behind 2010, still no Moon Base. We failed to predict advances in computing & were wildly over optimistic on space exploration.
@ranchgoddess Do you think in the 70s there were people saying. Population control? Are you joking? People will be immigrating to the moon & Mars. The population problem will be not enough people left behind. I don't know, I haven't looked it up myself. However I would be astonished if there wasn't a few very smart people saying just that.
@mellamosean We have 2 large problems. The Abrahamic faiths still persist with go forth & multiply. The US exports this to even non Abrahamic faith regions with its gagging clauses on US medical aid. Rational corporations still using growth as the driver of wealth find ways to not pay higher wages for the more scarce resource of labour by, either outsourcing work to or importing labour from, countries & religions still having large families. If we can, do we want to live cheek by jowl.
@DeoMachina mmm. Let me guess. You are religious. Go fourth and multiply ring a bell? Catholics; aids is bad, condoms are worse (until very recently) ring a bell. US aid policy; talk about family planning & we cut your aid ring a bell. US Religious Right; no abortion for any reason what so ever ring a bell? Bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen ring a bell? Do I really need to go on? What religion promotes female education? We know that the best cure for large families is an educated female.
@William00048 I'm an atheist, and also a skeptic. There are many reasons why people have big families, there's a couple of TED talks on the matter actually. But it's a combination of poverty and child mortality. The best cure for big families is healthcare, compare birthrates with number of children who die.
@DeoMachina Fare enough. What keeps people poor, lets see, most poor countries seem to be the most religious. Catholisism bleeds countries white, Islam generally retards populations too. Healthcare you say. Well yes. Who puts out scare stories to stop people talking vaccination. Polio was nearly eradicated world wide. Then an Imam in Nigeria told everyone was a Western Plot to sterilize Muslim women. Taliban throw acid in the eyes of girls who dare to learn to read. Way to go religion.
@DeoMachina Isn't the largest resistance to socialised medicine in the US from the Religious Right? Isn't a current contender for the Republican Nominee and a religious nut job currently talking about how damaging vaccines are? No, religion isn't the only problem but it is a massive promoter of ignorance and large families regardless. After all, who cares if we run out of oil in our lifetimes? JC will come back to save the day and I can drive to the party in my Humvee.
@William00048 Your understanding of the causes of Abrahamic faiths vs other religions to go forth and multiply is lacking in depth. The Abrahamic faiths want people to go forth and multiply to increase the chance of their being a new messiah. For the same reason they don't want other groups to do the same. The cultures of China and India do not have this mythology. Yet they have large population numbers simply because their cultures are much much much older. They have more families less children
@nekopheliac Never heard of a new messiah. I'm from a religious family & they were opposed to birth control because all those souls needed to come to get their body. China currently has a 1 child policy, sort of (with the preference of a male leading to more potential problems). India has a religion & culture that again treats women as 2nd class & wants to keep them ignorant. Large families because children are the pension plan of their parents. Fam planning? US religious gag orders on aid.
@William00048 Made up numbers are dangerous. There has been research and math done to show the planet can sustain many times what we have now at perfectly normal first-world levels with plenty of space for clean oceans, lots of parks, and maybe even a modest yard. The problem is the way in which we go about distributing resources and how we feed ourselves.
@nekopheliac I agree, made up numbers are dangerous. Quote your source. With today's usage we are chocking the planet. Iowa grows crops for Humvee fuel instead of to feed people who are starving today. Exactly where does the fuel come from for a 2 car a house China? What about the resources to build them & the roads for them to run on? We could do things better than we do right now, but we don't. Apart from wishful thinking what makes you so chilled out about a population of 9bn.
@nekopheliac My understanding is: We are approaching peak oil. We have already had wars over water rights. We are already getting pretty much as high a yield as can be expected from our land. We are losing arable land due to soil erosion & climate change. Deep sea sharks have mercury in their blood but you talk of a clean ocean. Are there not two massive islands of jetsam already floating in the oceans. The math I read is US consumption is sustainable at a world population under 2 Bn. UK 2.4Bn
@Razzfazz87 Hey man I'm younger than you, but we are still kids. Unless you're telling me you have a career you are stuck with, a wife you hate and children that have crushed all you dreams. Age doesn't make a person an adult, I believe its the responsibility that comes with age that makes a man an adult. I will be happy being a bar kid townie for as long as I can.
@Razzfazz87 There are different types of maturity. Just because you have an adult body doesn't mean you're mentally an adult. Judging from you comment, you still have a lot of wisdom yet to obtain.
@Razzfazz87 Try refuting what I wrote instead of being an idiot. Of course social environment affects the quality of life, and people are responsible for creating the social environment. You haven't said anything against my comment. Develop some self-awareness or reading comprehension before you respond with another stupid comment.
@fuckyeahEPIC Right back at you. I didn't say that the social environment doesn't affect the quality of life, however, I said it only accounts for some factors. Science helped and helps a great deal to improve the quality of life.
That's what makes you seem like a smartass hipster dipshit spewing standardised nonsense about how society is the problem.
@Razzfazz87 Wisdom does have to do with being an adult. Wisdom comes with experience if you have a functional brain, and experience comes with age. You're still an immature kid that's arrogant enough to believe you know something. Grow up. Real maturity has to do with self-knowledge. Judging from your comment, you don't know yourself well at all.
@fuckyeahEPIC Wisdom has to do with having experience. But wisdom and adulthood merely coexist. One does not mean the other. You can be a hard working adult, taking care of a family, helping your community etc. whatever you want to add to the list of commonly accepted "adult properties" but still be unwise.
On the other hand you can have much experience in many different things and know how to act etc. but still be childish.
Wisdom is not a sufficient criteria for adulthood.
@Razzfazz87 If adults wanted you to act your age, you never became an adult. If you're just pretending to be an adult, then of course you wouldn't enjoy it. You should reflect on your immaturity so you can finally grow up or else you're going to keep your juvenile psychology even as an adult. There are plenty of adults that never mature mentally. You'll probably be one of them.
@fuckyeahEPIC And I expect judging people based on 2 comments on the Internet ignoring any unknown factors that led to these comments is an adult and psychologically developed way of communicating.
It's like a teen acting all mature and hating his parents because they are having a little silly fun in the evening.
Way to go Miss Sweet 16. You showed me.
You mention acting adult, so how about you guess the next adult action while you pretend to be an adult, yes?
@Razzfazz87 That fact that your oblivious to your defensive behavior, name-calling, poor inference skills, and poor communication skills are all symptomatic to your immaturity. You'll stay immature until you learn to be honest with yourself. Look how you are responding. None of it is mature. You're still a kid trying to win at Youtube comments. Good luck with yourself.
@Razzfazz87 Thanks for proving me right. Like I said, you are unaware how hypocritical and immature you are. If you're accusing me of not being an adult, then apply the same criteria to yourself.
This calls for a sci-fi novel and/or film about large scale interventions to natural selection. Let's see how you can control overpopulation if you double the human life span.
I read in many articles and heard in university about how this mutant actually has either severely reduced fitness or reduced fertility. Props to this kind of research but I'm wondering why this woman didn't mention any of that.
It actually draws into question the entire integrity of TED.
@Yony42 I was wondering that when she mentions that the hormones that are blocked are responsible for food uptake and growth. She did mention at the end that those hormone receptors are essential and if they're knocked out completely you would be very sick. It was brought up by the guy's question and not part of her initial speech. It's around 13:20.
@Coor4 propbably not ...it doenst slow down your development, because this is controlled by different hormones ...it slows down deterioration of tissue
An interesting theory, and certainly exitement for science. Talking about insulin and IGF we can already see more simpler interventions of a longer youth. Diabetes is a well known societal and chronic disease. Whereas no intervention would certainly decrease the diabetics life span, such simple medical interventions as dieteray and medication stressors could also be seen as modes of life expeansion the maintenace of youth and vigility. This pops to mind. Any truth in this?
No people live to long already the only people who should live linger is the one who can help society such as scientists and even ones that have supreme abilty not the old abd weak or fat and dumb
@mookie9439 Really, that is just awful. If we were to ever do this it should not be something for a master race of leaders, scientist and, inevitably, the wealthy. Honestly, longevity should be the last thing we improve on. We should be working on a better immune system, understanding the brain more and improving it's function, faster healing and more complete regeneration. Longer lifespan isn't prudent, but if we could remain physically young until we die that would be worth looking into.
Brilliant, but we also need to work on making future humans self-sustaining. Our dependence on food and oxygen as an energy source is a serious detriment in the long run (especially with population growth). Our bodies have a huge surface area...if we could alter our skin to photosynthesize like a plant, all we would really need is water, and we could recycle respiratory gases by integrating plant and animal respiratory systems.
I read something recently about research done by Jean-Marc Lemaitre.
From AFP:
"Scientists said Tuesday they had transformed age-worn cells in people over 90 -- including a centenarian -- into rejuvenated stemcells that were "indistinguishable" from those found in embryos."
"Several critical markers of ageing in cells were "reset", including the size of telomeres, the tiny protective caps found on the ends of chromosomes that wear down with age, the researchers reported."
@phrogeny telomeres are necesary for eternal life, as she says at the end, she's trying to expand youth not life, the expansion of lifespan is just a side effect of keeping young. So yes, we could live long and young, but eventually we would all age and die, probably very quickly because of telomerase
My response is still that although by modifying the genetic expression, we can somehow make changes to our living conditions. although it's no way 'defying' the nature, but somehow it's still against the natural processes/cycles that have been existed on earth for so long, that already is there for a reason - adapted to the environment, with generations of stability. I still suspect this idea.. and how it should be seen in the future
@bamboopoem1989 Where does nature start and where does it end and non-nature start? Nature isn't static in the sense that it's some of endless cycle although it might look like this if you look at it from a micro angle.
@595o well yeah I agree, but don't you think most changes are made such that abrupt results are made, and eventually lead to some more irreversible perturbations. think about alien migration and such
Would have LOVED this presentation a LOT more if it weren't for the hard S sounds the speaker made causing me to cringe every time she said an S sound.
LMAO so biblical characters, if ancient alien theory is correct, actually COULD be descendants of an earth-native creature that was genetically manipulated to live longer? (Noah & others were hundreds of years old, I guess.) If aliens wanted us to have an "edge" to be better workers/slaves/survivors then they double the lifetime of a creature in order for it to learn more in its lifetime and pass the knowledge on to more generations, accelerating the learning curve ten fold. Food for thought ;-)
"It's more like you're a dog, looking out at a human and wondering, 'Why aren't they getting old?'" What a wonderful mental leap, which could only come from someone dedicated to the scientific question of aging.
@phrogeny Restricting you calorie intake could possibly have a negating effect. For instance, you could have decreased liver or kidney function, or, in relation to what Dr. Kenyon was discussing, FOXO may not have all the proteins available to make these repairs. That said, people who eat less than average tend to be healthier and live longer from what I have read, but I think that's more of a function of the average diet being high calorie and high fat.
This is fascinating and amazing, but one of the problems is that if people started living till say 200, we'd have to really make more of an effort to control our numbers or we'd simply have too many people.
It would be good though if our best minds and scientists had this drug, keep it away from politicians though.
@VictorphoenixDMvault I do not praise death but for the continuation of our species and improvement of the quality of life it IS important to accept death. IMHO limiting procreation would help slow the growth of the human population but to actually solve this problem we need to let people die. A very unpopular proposal? Yes, but at the same time the only real solution to this particular problem.
@warlord1981nl I get what you're saying, but a longer life ultimately means better medicine and less disease. This has been one of the main factors in raising prosperity and living standards over human history. There is no evidence to say that we must "let people die" in order to solve overpopulation problems. In fact, there is a very real demographic phenomenon that goes like this: as living standards go up, birth rates go down. So there is a balance that comes with innovations like these.
Looked her up, found out she is 67 y/old. She knows more than she is telling us. (just kidding)
boomtao 1 day ago
while hormones provide a physiological response which expands life, the life span itself is often more dependent on metabolism. Slower animals (elephants and turtles) live longer than faster ones (like mice and hummingbirds).
imasciencegeek 2 weeks ago
We shouldn't have to mess up in the nature's creations ..... Stupid AMERICANS , don't you now that if we double the lifespan , the consequences are going to be catastrophic after years !!!!
terminatora777 1 month ago
@terminatora777 Don't know if you're serious or not... Are you saying we shouldn't have hospital care for people?
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@terminatora777 wtf am i reading?
furenaef 1 month ago
@furenaef He's trolling. From what I understand, it's a way to promote the good qualities of what the troll insults, thus bringing it more renown.
lordjavathe3rd 1 month ago
@terminatora777 Whitey ignores externalities.
buzzin1975 3 weeks ago
We should never get off the trees ........ ;x
terminatora777 1 month ago
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lightandbeautiful 1 month ago
We do not need any new drug, just cut out the carbohydrates which are surplus to nutritional requirements, and replace them with saturated fats. High fat and no carbs is the way to immortality.
nvtuan26 2 months ago
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@nvtuan26 "High fat and no carbs is the way to immortality."
Actual studies on diet, especially studies on the high fat low carb diet, don't support your opinion.
ZarlanTheGreen 2 months ago
@nvtuan26 source?
lordjavathe3rd 1 month ago
i'd rather die when im in my 80s thank you, not 160s.
JAMamation 2 months ago
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lordjavathe3rd 1 month ago
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alexhamster1134 2 months ago
Any patents realized by this discovery may serve to increase the gap between the poor and the wealthy. I can't see drug companies giving this away as a result of the goodness in their hearts.
batbawls 2 months ago
I do not care much about the "live longer" aspect of this talk (ok ask me again in 50 years), but having seen my grandmother wasting away on Alzheimer, any prospect of fighting this desease is good news!
EquinoxIV 2 months ago
@EquinoxIV haven't had time to watch this talk yet but check out paleo / coconut oil / mct oils... very interesting stuff concerning the slowing/reversal (of early onset) Alzheimer
My grandmother also has Alzheimer, not nice to watch anyone go through :(
BLaZeDRas 2 months ago
Why does it sound like she's chewing gum when she's talking. It ruined the entire presentation.
Prolite 2 months ago
@Prolite
Something I've tried getting across to friends/family is that I often see how people have wonderful messages to get across, but often go ignored because their vocabulary is limited, or the person may be rough around the edges. The key, sometimes, is not to focus on how something is being said, but what the message is.
NolimitZ81 1 week ago
Well nice talk...I think this research filed should go on but I wander why do we need to live longer? It might be dangerous, taking in account a holistic view...
I mean the average life-span is greater and greater...we are overpopulating this earth and we are not fully capable to sustain ourselves. In Romania the retirement age has increased in order for the government to be able to pay already retired people... What do you think?
Arghira 2 months ago
hurry up, i'm getting on!
boscombefun 2 months ago
Utterly horrifying. The human race is becoming an increasingly resilient cancer. Where is an asteroid when earth needs one?
StuartIsCheese 2 months ago
Living a longer life isn't as appealing as is living a better life...
harisghole 2 months ago
@harisghole The aging process is slowed by repairing and fixing the body more thorough than what nature can provide, obviously.
Prolite 2 months ago
What Dr. Kenyon doesn’t mention is that there is a non-pharmaceutical way to induce slower aging, and that is through the mitigation of insulin production and insulin like growth factor (IGF-1). This is done through significant caloric restriction, which can be cumbersome because it involves hunger. But another, less arduous way to do this is through carbohydrate restriction (i.e. low carb/low sugar diets). Dr. Kenyon does this herself, as it says in the Wikipedia article about her.
alphacause 2 months ago
@alphacause Fruits and vegetables are carbohydrates. I would never ever suggest for someone to eat less fruits and vegetables, unless they had some kind of medical condition. Actually in my own opinion, to slow the aging process, one must eat grains of 30%-60% as a percentage of their diet, depending on how carbohydrate-resistant their body is (converting energy to fat). Most people eat too little healthy carbs (grains, fruits, and vegetables). Advice: very little protein.
Prolite 2 months ago
@Prolite Vegetables/fruits are good (more veg than fruit). Grains are unnecessary - even harmful in large amounts. Vegetables/fruits do have carbs, but most have a high percentage of their carbs coming from fiber, a much higher percentage than whole grains, and since fiber does not spike blood sugar and actually blunts the blood sugar spike of other carbs, it does not provoke insulin/IGF-1 like whole grains. Secondly, vegetables/fruits have a higher nutrient/ phytochemical content than grains
alphacause 2 months ago
@alphacause YOu're saying grains are unnecessary!? That's like saying vegetables are unnecessary. Back up your proof boy. Otherwise grains would be in the junk food isle of the supermarket. lol ignorance... ::sigh:::
Prolite 2 months ago
@Prolite Grains are unnecessary. If they were necessary, humanity would have died out. Because prior to the advent of agriculture (10,000 - 13,000 years ago), homo sapiens, and hominid precursors to homo sapiens did not have access to them in any significant amount. Secondly, during the ice age most of our ancestors did not have access to them. Hunter gatherer societies persist to this day, without them. They are only a staple in our diet because they are a cheap source of calories (cont).
alphacause 2 months ago
@Prolite (continued from previous response) For more information on how unnecessary grains are, and how harmful they can be, check out the works of Dr. Loren Cordain and Dr. Boyd Eaton. Dr. Cordain has lectures, here on YouTube, you can listen to.
alphacause 2 months ago
@alphacause Don't inform people that grains are bad because that aren't. No creditable news source ever claims this. This falsity of yours is like a cult to you. And if you want to eat wrong, go ahead. But this is a bad eating habit by eating no grains, similar to the craziness of the whole "Atkins Diet" that so many people swore by until they died from it. You're a nut job. You belong with the Tea Party.
Prolite 2 months ago
@Prolite Type in Google "Why Grains Are Unhealthy Mark's Daily Apple" Its the first link. Mr. Sisson writes an article on the subject of whole grains, and he cites numerous studies, from places like Johns Hopkins University, which you can access by clicking on some of the links he has in the article.
alphacause 2 months ago
@Prolite (continued from last response) I would also emphasize that between vegetables and fruit, I would emphasize vegetables, because there is less sugar in them, and a higher ratio of fiber to non-fibrous carbs, which is important in blood sugar regulation, which in turn effects insulin and IGF-1, the promoters of cellular aging. Again there is no need to rely on grains, because any nutrient found in grains is found in greater abundance in vegetables
alphacause 2 months ago
@alphacause The healthiest diet in the world is the "Mediterranean Diet." 30$-60% of diet should come from grains, seeds, wheat, etc.. The rest of the diet should be beans, fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish (or chicken as a substitute). Combine that with low portions per meal, eat every 2 hours or more frequently, lots of water, and exercise twice a day (morning and evening) and this regime will allow people to live the longest they possibly can.
Prolite 2 months ago
@Prolite But what is it about the Mediterranean Diet that is healthy? Is it really the grains, or the abundance of vegetables, fruit, fish, and olive oil which are really the health promoters? I think wheat and other grains are getting UNDESERVED credit for the healthy benefits of these items.
alphacause 2 months ago
this is the best vid on ted talk for me
conillusionist 3 months ago
We humans should focus more on improving our quality of life instead of gaining longer life. Unfortunately, it's probably easier for scientist to make us live longer than for us as a society to improve the quality of our lives.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
It all seems a bit too simple to me. If there are only benefits to having a less receptive DAF-2 receptor, why would the individuals with this mutation not benefit on a global scale? Why are they the exceptions? I can see two answers; either they are not exceptions, but precursors in an ongoing evolution where we grow older, even if modern medicine etcetera, are accounted for. Or, there is an evolutionary reason not to live a whole lot longer than we do. I hope someone is thinking about this.
BoyKissBoy 3 months ago
@BoyKissBoy It's because there are thousands of different things that causes our bodies to age.
Prolite 2 months ago
am i really hearing this!?!?!?! you don't just die of old age! People die from organ failures, cancer or other diseases. Even if the gene for ageing was gone you would still need loads of transplants by the time you were 100. I realise she must know all of this but she needs to stop pretending this is a solution to the problem when its only a minor part of it.
ThePostRockProject 3 months ago
@ThePostRockProject Actually, you are only part right. The average chance for a healthy 26 year old to die within the next year is about 1/1000. That is the chance to die any given year if you have no age-related diseases. So without ageing, the average life span would be about 1000 years, all other things being equal. Though I'm not claiming all other things would be equal. And I'm also not saying I approve of people living longer. As of yet, I am firmly un-decided ;)
BoyKissBoy 3 months ago
@BoyKissBoy I see what you are saying but unless i have missed something during me education people don't just fall down dead for simply being old. There are some diseases that the medical profession can't work out yet but there is normally a cause and effect of everything that goes wrong in the body.
ThePostRockProject 3 months ago
@BoyKissBoy Why would this issue be an "approval" issue? Cancer treatment, medical surgeries, MRI's, vitamins, exercise, healthy diet, and etc... are ALL ways in which people continually live longer and longer - - and the improvements in health are never going to stop. Are you going to tell someone, "I don't approve of you exercising because you'll live 7-15 years longer"? lol if only you knew how ridiculous your statement sounded. lol
Prolite 2 months ago
@Prolite Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realise I was not allowed to have an opinion.
Of course it's not an issue of approval. Especially not my approval. The world will go on no matter what I think of it, and I'm fully aware of that. That has nothing to do with what I wrote. I simply meant to say that I don't mean to put myself on any side of the debate. I just had some thoughts about the facts. Sorry if I was confusing.
BoyKissBoy 2 months ago
@ThePostRockProject Gene therapy, stem cell rejuvenation, and the growing of new organs will be a mature field of science by the middle of this century. Actually, organ transplant surgery will be available in the next 10-15 years. The heart and the liver will be the hardest organs, so maybe 20-30 years for them.
Prolite 2 months ago
Assuming the body is perfectly healthy, how long can a brain live?
dayati 3 months ago
@dayati The brain is part of the body.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
she's actually 289 years old
IAmJopert 3 months ago in playlist More videos from TEDtalksDirector
she scares me, people would go nerd later as we go
varunbiswas 3 months ago
Why do discussions of science turn into bashing religion instead of a real discussion of the ethics of the science? Could it be that being anti religion is easier than actually thinking?
Population and life span are linked, but population and standard of living have a stronger link. Eliminate poverty and population will be under control.
Yes the rich and powerful will get it first. What else is new?
What would you do with an extra 100 years?
celticphrog 3 months ago
with the world population out of control longer lives is a disaster.
defect530 3 months ago
All the mafia and the fuckin government guys will have them, only the people who shudnt will be able to take those pills. After 200 years (If earth will still keep moving) people will be living only with drugs and pills, for younger face, for biger penis, for extra life years, for unlimited stamina, unlimited life, ammo and stuff (just trying to make a point) :P anyway, people then wont be able to live without takin 50 pills per day
Sayan6 3 months ago
Did she used comic sans in that powerpoint????? come on!
ingoatd 3 months ago
I don't care if I get drugs or not, I'm determined to lived till I'm 108 at the very least!!! xD I will see the year 2100!!!
xXNibiNoNekoXx 3 months ago
can i have the drugs for my pets yet? i want to live longer with them.
samiadjifr 3 months ago
sounds like the spice will start to control the universe after all
OpiatedBliss 3 months ago
now wat they don't realize is if this breakthrough comes there's no way the government would let it get to the public because we cant hav ppl living twice as long as normal imagine the population problem aging is there for a reason.
Shane6 3 months ago
Spacers!
fatkasuvayu 3 months ago
My cougar hunting trips are going have a much healthier stock.
SonOfNye 3 months ago
Ok...let me get this straight.... You want us to take a drug called Rapomysin (sp?) that will make us live longer...but it will suppress our immune system?? So, I will live longer, if I stay in a bubble...
No thanks... I will live as God intended me to, and when I die, I will die knowing I lived a good life. But, thanks anyway... I enjoyed the show.
ranchgoddess 3 months ago
@ranchgoddess Pretty sure she said she didn't want people to go out and take this. If you pay attention to what people are saying when they speak, you won't look so stupid.
SonOfNye 3 months ago
I want more life, father.
youtert 3 months ago
I'm at 1:18 and I can feel she's going to make me eat worms...
ranchgoddess 3 months ago
I'm 112 and what is this?
deadlizard64 3 months ago 5
If anything I'd prefer it if our lives were significantly shorter. Then I might get a bit of motivation in life.
Nineteen1900Hundred 3 months ago
Bnnnjjbnggggggfgfgggfgg er gt wert ry eu ry eu you ry why rut why yuo
MrParamg 3 months ago
I MAKE ROCKET NOISES WHILE DRIVING MY CAR TO PRETEND IM DRIVING A ROCKETSHIP!!!
OhManTFE 3 months ago 7
bats live 50 years?? what the eff??
mellamosean 3 months ago 2
Before we really start having people live a lot longer, we really need to get a grip on people having way too many kids. US lifestyle is sustainable for a world population of less than 2 Billion people as we blithely cruise past a world population of 7 Billion.
William00048 3 months ago
@William00048
At least developed countries have stable populations. The US population didn't have enough births to replace everyone in the preceding generation. If we ever master fusion, or anything with equal energy potential then enormous populations will be sustainable.
mellamosean 3 months ago
@mellamosean I am glad you said the magic word if. There are many problems the human race faces right now. All of them trace back to over population. Once mighty rivers are now polluted trickles, global warming, lack of food, lack of energy. This is no longer a problem for our grandchildren, it is here now. On current trends we will no longer be able to feed ourselves by 2025. I like eating meat and don't want to become a vegetarian in the next few years.
William00048 3 months ago
@William00048 I have a farm, and have cows... So, save my email just in case... I WILL be eating meat...LOL
ranchgoddess 3 months ago
@ranchgoddess Wow, thanks that's awesome. So if you are allowed to keep raising live stock instead of crops while people are starving, you will sell me some beef at today's prices when beef is more expensive than caviar. That is really kind of you on one hand, but all those extra people starving because you are raising live stock instead of crops is a little bit immoral. We are having fun with it now, but this is a real dilemma in the next 20 years....
William00048 3 months ago
@ranchgoddess There was nothing wrong with Malthus maths. He was entirely correct given the technology of the time. Haber-Bosch saved the day. There is no guarantee that science will come to the rescue, to rely on it doing so to avoid dealing with the reality of our time is irresponsible in the extreme. After all, 1999 & 2001 was some time ago. We have left behind 2010, still no Moon Base. We failed to predict advances in computing & were wildly over optimistic on space exploration.
William00048 3 months ago
@ranchgoddess Do you think in the 70s there were people saying. Population control? Are you joking? People will be immigrating to the moon & Mars. The population problem will be not enough people left behind. I don't know, I haven't looked it up myself. However I would be astonished if there wasn't a few very smart people saying just that.
William00048 3 months ago
@mellamosean We have 2 large problems. The Abrahamic faiths still persist with go forth & multiply. The US exports this to even non Abrahamic faith regions with its gagging clauses on US medical aid. Rational corporations still using growth as the driver of wealth find ways to not pay higher wages for the more scarce resource of labour by, either outsourcing work to or importing labour from, countries & religions still having large families. If we can, do we want to live cheek by jowl.
William00048 3 months ago
@William00048 Religion isn't to blame for population growth, that's just human nature.
DeoMachina 3 months ago
@DeoMachina mmm. Let me guess. You are religious. Go fourth and multiply ring a bell? Catholics; aids is bad, condoms are worse (until very recently) ring a bell. US aid policy; talk about family planning & we cut your aid ring a bell. US Religious Right; no abortion for any reason what so ever ring a bell? Bare foot, pregnant and in the kitchen ring a bell? Do I really need to go on? What religion promotes female education? We know that the best cure for large families is an educated female.
William00048 3 months ago
@William00048 I'm an atheist, and also a skeptic. There are many reasons why people have big families, there's a couple of TED talks on the matter actually. But it's a combination of poverty and child mortality. The best cure for big families is healthcare, compare birthrates with number of children who die.
DeoMachina 3 months ago
@DeoMachina Fare enough. What keeps people poor, lets see, most poor countries seem to be the most religious. Catholisism bleeds countries white, Islam generally retards populations too. Healthcare you say. Well yes. Who puts out scare stories to stop people talking vaccination. Polio was nearly eradicated world wide. Then an Imam in Nigeria told everyone was a Western Plot to sterilize Muslim women. Taliban throw acid in the eyes of girls who dare to learn to read. Way to go religion.
William00048 3 months ago
@DeoMachina Isn't the largest resistance to socialised medicine in the US from the Religious Right? Isn't a current contender for the Republican Nominee and a religious nut job currently talking about how damaging vaccines are? No, religion isn't the only problem but it is a massive promoter of ignorance and large families regardless. After all, who cares if we run out of oil in our lifetimes? JC will come back to save the day and I can drive to the party in my Humvee.
William00048 3 months ago
@William00048 Your understanding of the causes of Abrahamic faiths vs other religions to go forth and multiply is lacking in depth. The Abrahamic faiths want people to go forth and multiply to increase the chance of their being a new messiah. For the same reason they don't want other groups to do the same. The cultures of China and India do not have this mythology. Yet they have large population numbers simply because their cultures are much much much older. They have more families less children
nekopheliac 3 months ago
@nekopheliac Never heard of a new messiah. I'm from a religious family & they were opposed to birth control because all those souls needed to come to get their body. China currently has a 1 child policy, sort of (with the preference of a male leading to more potential problems). India has a religion & culture that again treats women as 2nd class & wants to keep them ignorant. Large families because children are the pension plan of their parents. Fam planning? US religious gag orders on aid.
William00048 3 months ago
@William00048 Made up numbers are dangerous. There has been research and math done to show the planet can sustain many times what we have now at perfectly normal first-world levels with plenty of space for clean oceans, lots of parks, and maybe even a modest yard. The problem is the way in which we go about distributing resources and how we feed ourselves.
nekopheliac 3 months ago
@nekopheliac I agree, made up numbers are dangerous. Quote your source. With today's usage we are chocking the planet. Iowa grows crops for Humvee fuel instead of to feed people who are starving today. Exactly where does the fuel come from for a 2 car a house China? What about the resources to build them & the roads for them to run on? We could do things better than we do right now, but we don't. Apart from wishful thinking what makes you so chilled out about a population of 9bn.
William00048 3 months ago
@nekopheliac My understanding is: We are approaching peak oil. We have already had wars over water rights. We are already getting pretty much as high a yield as can be expected from our land. We are losing arable land due to soil erosion & climate change. Deep sea sharks have mercury in their blood but you talk of a clean ocean. Are there not two massive islands of jetsam already floating in the oceans. The math I read is US consumption is sustainable at a world population under 2 Bn. UK 2.4Bn
William00048 3 months ago
Yea its gonna be expensive shit but its going to be there fast imho.
MeeuwtjeMovies 3 months ago
eff that I wanna be a cyborg!
xjustamem0ryx 3 months ago
@xjustamem0ryx
who doesn't?
mellamosean 3 months ago
A pharma companies dream, to have you hooked on foxo from birth til death.
tdreamgmail 3 months ago 13
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an adult.
When I was a teenager, I wanted to be an adult.
When I started to be an adult, I wanted to be an adult.
When I finally was an adult, I wanted to be a kid again.
When I decided to be a kid again, the adults wanted this strange 24 year old kid to act his age.
When I acted my age, I really didn't enjoy myself.
When I reflected on all this I realised, that I really don't want to be any age at all.
Would this therapy help me? No but I might help you
Razzfazz87 3 months ago 30
@Razzfazz87 How?
LazyOtaku 3 months ago
@Razzfazz87 Yo bro you're 24 you are still a kid.
WiskeyDickBomber 3 months ago
@WiskeyDickBomber wrote the guy named WiskeyDickBomber...
Razzfazz87 3 months ago
@Razzfazz87 Hey man I'm younger than you, but we are still kids. Unless you're telling me you have a career you are stuck with, a wife you hate and children that have crushed all you dreams. Age doesn't make a person an adult, I believe its the responsibility that comes with age that makes a man an adult. I will be happy being a bar kid townie for as long as I can.
WiskeyDickBomber 3 months ago
@Razzfazz87 There are different types of maturity. Just because you have an adult body doesn't mean you're mentally an adult. Judging from you comment, you still have a lot of wisdom yet to obtain.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
@fuckyeahEPIC you have no idea of what youre talking about
2 reasons:
1. wisdom has nothing to do with being adult, go check the meaning of the word
2. your other comment has no content and could just as well have been from a hipster trying to be something he/she isn't -> knowledgeable
social environment just effects a handful of factors concerning the quality of life.
Razzfazz87 3 months ago
@Razzfazz87 Try refuting what I wrote instead of being an idiot. Of course social environment affects the quality of life, and people are responsible for creating the social environment. You haven't said anything against my comment. Develop some self-awareness or reading comprehension before you respond with another stupid comment.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
@fuckyeahEPIC Right back at you. I didn't say that the social environment doesn't affect the quality of life, however, I said it only accounts for some factors. Science helped and helps a great deal to improve the quality of life.
That's what makes you seem like a smartass hipster dipshit spewing standardised nonsense about how society is the problem.
Razzfazz87 3 months ago
@Razzfazz87 Wisdom does have to do with being an adult. Wisdom comes with experience if you have a functional brain, and experience comes with age. You're still an immature kid that's arrogant enough to believe you know something. Grow up. Real maturity has to do with self-knowledge. Judging from your comment, you don't know yourself well at all.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
@fuckyeahEPIC Wisdom has to do with having experience. But wisdom and adulthood merely coexist. One does not mean the other. You can be a hard working adult, taking care of a family, helping your community etc. whatever you want to add to the list of commonly accepted "adult properties" but still be unwise.
On the other hand you can have much experience in many different things and know how to act etc. but still be childish.
Wisdom is not a sufficient criteria for adulthood.
Razzfazz87 3 months ago
@Razzfazz87 If adults wanted you to act your age, you never became an adult. If you're just pretending to be an adult, then of course you wouldn't enjoy it. You should reflect on your immaturity so you can finally grow up or else you're going to keep your juvenile psychology even as an adult. There are plenty of adults that never mature mentally. You'll probably be one of them.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
@fuckyeahEPIC And I expect judging people based on 2 comments on the Internet ignoring any unknown factors that led to these comments is an adult and psychologically developed way of communicating.
It's like a teen acting all mature and hating his parents because they are having a little silly fun in the evening.
Way to go Miss Sweet 16. You showed me.
You mention acting adult, so how about you guess the next adult action while you pretend to be an adult, yes?
Razzfazz87 3 months ago
@Razzfazz87 That fact that your oblivious to your defensive behavior, name-calling, poor inference skills, and poor communication skills are all symptomatic to your immaturity. You'll stay immature until you learn to be honest with yourself. Look how you are responding. None of it is mature. You're still a kid trying to win at Youtube comments. Good luck with yourself.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
@fuckyeahEPIC Yup you failed. Adult thing would be not to react and ignore me.
Trololol
Razzfazz87 3 months ago
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@Razzfazz87 Thanks for proving me right. Like I said, you are unaware how hypocritical and immature you are. If you're accusing me of not being an adult, then apply the same criteria to yourself.
fuckyeahEPIC 3 months ago
in a related matter maybe that's why living in constant starved status will make you live longer
mrfxxx 3 months ago
This calls for a sci-fi novel and/or film about large scale interventions to natural selection. Let's see how you can control overpopulation if you double the human life span.
GlueRman 3 months ago
I saw the video with the huge meteors but this scared me!
WormBreez 3 months ago
This goes against the research behind chloro-restriction. Baffles.
hunterbender 3 months ago
i want some foxo
ThoughtsofBradington 3 months ago
I can hear her her saliva in her mouth and it's making me cringe.
VerboseVindication 3 months ago
i wonder what cynthia thinks of Li Ching-Yuen
TheZietgiest 3 months ago
People in Africa ... would certainly be delighted, knowing they COULD live longer without aging
jimaniay 3 months ago
@phrogeny your high right now?
Cawlmdownbrolololz 3 months ago
I read in many articles and heard in university about how this mutant actually has either severely reduced fitness or reduced fertility. Props to this kind of research but I'm wondering why this woman didn't mention any of that.
It actually draws into question the entire integrity of TED.
Yony42 3 months ago
@Yony42 I was wondering that when she mentions that the hormones that are blocked are responsible for food uptake and growth. She did mention at the end that those hormone receptors are essential and if they're knocked out completely you would be very sick. It was brought up by the guy's question and not part of her initial speech. It's around 13:20.
EmoAlias 3 months ago
@EmoAlias My bad for 'rage-quitting' the video then if that's the case :)
Yony42 3 months ago
I totally didn't get her analogy about the dog :P But definitely an interesting talk.
shanebrain2009 3 months ago
.....comic...sans.
Chimper90 3 months ago
that second worm didn't look that happy.
996vtwin2 3 months ago
Death is the most beautiful thing :)
996vtwin2 3 months ago
Am I the only one hearing a lot of spit noises from her?
kebakent 3 months ago
I bet the breakthrough happens the next day after my death
olyfag 3 months ago 51
WHAT HAPPENS TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY GROW UP USING THIS DRUG?????????????? would a 30 year old person be an angsty pubescent person?
Coor4 3 months ago
@Coor4 propbably not ...it doenst slow down your development, because this is controlled by different hormones ...it slows down deterioration of tissue
Freigeist20789 3 months ago
@Coor4 Watch the video.
me259259 3 months ago
An interesting theory, and certainly exitement for science. Talking about insulin and IGF we can already see more simpler interventions of a longer youth. Diabetes is a well known societal and chronic disease. Whereas no intervention would certainly decrease the diabetics life span, such simple medical interventions as dieteray and medication stressors could also be seen as modes of life expeansion the maintenace of youth and vigility. This pops to mind. Any truth in this?
wevenhuis 3 months ago
No people live to long already the only people who should live linger is the one who can help society such as scientists and even ones that have supreme abilty not the old abd weak or fat and dumb
mookie9439 3 months ago
@mookie9439 careful, you're trying to quantify life.
jesuriah 3 months ago
@mookie9439 Really, that is just awful. If we were to ever do this it should not be something for a master race of leaders, scientist and, inevitably, the wealthy. Honestly, longevity should be the last thing we improve on. We should be working on a better immune system, understanding the brain more and improving it's function, faster healing and more complete regeneration. Longer lifespan isn't prudent, but if we could remain physically young until we die that would be worth looking into.
kallistiX1 3 months ago
it's an interesting topic, but I hate her voice...
j0mc6iwhulj 3 months ago
Brilliant, but we also need to work on making future humans self-sustaining. Our dependence on food and oxygen as an energy source is a serious detriment in the long run (especially with population growth). Our bodies have a huge surface area...if we could alter our skin to photosynthesize like a plant, all we would really need is water, and we could recycle respiratory gases by integrating plant and animal respiratory systems.
skyblazer7 3 months ago
@phrogeny
I read something recently about research done by Jean-Marc Lemaitre.
From AFP:
"Scientists said Tuesday they had transformed age-worn cells in people over 90 -- including a centenarian -- into rejuvenated stemcells that were "indistinguishable" from those found in embryos."
"Several critical markers of ageing in cells were "reset", including the size of telomeres, the tiny protective caps found on the ends of chromosomes that wear down with age, the researchers reported."
revjimbob 3 months ago
what is with tedtalks? It makes me cringe when the talkers tongues stick to their mouths.
Johngc390 3 months ago
@phrogeny telomeres are necesary for eternal life, as she says at the end, she's trying to expand youth not life, the expansion of lifespan is just a side effect of keeping young. So yes, we could live long and young, but eventually we would all age and die, probably very quickly because of telomerase
nachoijp 3 months ago
Great, now guys can say "I fucked your grandmother" with some pride.
wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg 3 months ago
Well that should fix the world overpopulation problem
HecKaTorN 3 months ago
Great...the govt would just raise retirement age to 144 to enslave us twice as long with debt.
dkstoney 3 months ago
One word: GATTACA
twistedf4te 3 months ago 2
My response is still that although by modifying the genetic expression, we can somehow make changes to our living conditions. although it's no way 'defying' the nature, but somehow it's still against the natural processes/cycles that have been existed on earth for so long, that already is there for a reason - adapted to the environment, with generations of stability. I still suspect this idea.. and how it should be seen in the future
bamboopoem1989 3 months ago
@bamboopoem1989 Where does nature start and where does it end and non-nature start? Nature isn't static in the sense that it's some of endless cycle although it might look like this if you look at it from a micro angle.
595o 3 months ago
@595o well yeah I agree, but don't you think most changes are made such that abrupt results are made, and eventually lead to some more irreversible perturbations. think about alien migration and such
bamboopoem1989 3 months ago
Would have LOVED this presentation a LOT more if it weren't for the hard S sounds the speaker made causing me to cringe every time she said an S sound.
eagleeye1975 3 months ago
LMAO so biblical characters, if ancient alien theory is correct, actually COULD be descendants of an earth-native creature that was genetically manipulated to live longer? (Noah & others were hundreds of years old, I guess.) If aliens wanted us to have an "edge" to be better workers/slaves/survivors then they double the lifetime of a creature in order for it to learn more in its lifetime and pass the knowledge on to more generations, accelerating the learning curve ten fold. Food for thought ;-)
420Tarzan 3 months ago
The Fountain of Youth is within viewing range and only a few miles away. Ray Kurzweil is a prophet the same as Hari Seldon.
MultiPaulinator 3 months ago
0:15
farvision 3 months ago
"It's more like you're a dog, looking out at a human and wondering, 'Why aren't they getting old?'" What a wonderful mental leap, which could only come from someone dedicated to the scientific question of aging.
Great presentation. One more reason I love TED.
LazyGirlSuperHero 3 months ago
Wonderful presentation. One more reason why I love TED.
LazyGirlSuperHero 3 months ago
@phrogeny Restricting you calorie intake could possibly have a negating effect. For instance, you could have decreased liver or kidney function, or, in relation to what Dr. Kenyon was discussing, FOXO may not have all the proteins available to make these repairs. That said, people who eat less than average tend to be healthier and live longer from what I have read, but I think that's more of a function of the average diet being high calorie and high fat.
wrennjb 3 months ago
"We came here for a lesson in the spirit living a human experience;
We learn and then we die of the body;
We came to spend our spiritual inheritance;
We are already the eternal being;
True wealth transcends the ages"
~~cc
carefulcarpenter 3 months ago
@phrogeny There is a diet that is supposed to keep you young that work like that. You are only supposed to eat what you need and nothing more.
2Critical4You 3 months ago
Imagine they would be able to make humans live forever, but only those, who have not been born yet...
How would that make you feel, to know you are the last generation to die?
vitopetre 3 months ago
this will be awesome!
conillusionist 3 months ago
This is fascinating and amazing, but one of the problems is that if people started living till say 200, we'd have to really make more of an effort to control our numbers or we'd simply have too many people.
It would be good though if our best minds and scientists had this drug, keep it away from politicians though.
Telleryn 3 months ago 4
"I hope it won't be long before this AGE OLD dream to come true.." I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE!
invinciblemode 3 months ago 6
economic growth - stress - health
Alpinex105 3 months ago
While watching this I only thought about the movies "IN TIME" & "RiseOTPOApes"
snaphow 3 months ago
-shudders-
I really hate it when people talk on TED and you can just HEAR the dry tongue slap around in their mouth.
The talk might be great, but the speaker makes me nauseous :x
Filecreator 3 months ago
@Filecreator i read this while watching the first minute of this video. Now i dont want to finish watching.
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@Filecreator I think you'll find she makes you nauseated
defaultuser88 3 months ago
@defaultuser88 Myea, that might be it.
Filecreator 3 months ago
@VictorphoenixDMvault I do not praise death but for the continuation of our species and improvement of the quality of life it IS important to accept death. IMHO limiting procreation would help slow the growth of the human population but to actually solve this problem we need to let people die. A very unpopular proposal? Yes, but at the same time the only real solution to this particular problem.
warlord1981nl 3 months ago
@warlord1981nl I get what you're saying, but a longer life ultimately means better medicine and less disease. This has been one of the main factors in raising prosperity and living standards over human history. There is no evidence to say that we must "let people die" in order to solve overpopulation problems. In fact, there is a very real demographic phenomenon that goes like this: as living standards go up, birth rates go down. So there is a balance that comes with innovations like these.
dudepal187 3 months ago 2
she is 56 years old? is she trying the drug on herself????
pkiriakou 3 months ago 46