I'm reading The House of God and it's pretty much exactly the Lewis Thomas contrarian take on medicine.
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this is in the top 2 most important questions in the world. What makes you think it's easy now? We know enough now to say almost for certain that the cost of a 30 year healthspan extension (i.e. 50=20, 80=50) any time before, say 1980 was ∞
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Obvious “overview” experiments (drug screens for life extension in animals) are rarely done and when they are done they show abundant positive results. 30% life extension in mice has been achieved by multiple methods. “Omics” longitudinal & comparative studies of aging are new.
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