Age Old Question

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2016

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In the latest journal of Aging a UCLA genetics team recorded age-related changes to human DNA, calculating the biological age of blood and estimated a person’s lifespan. More often than not they found that the biological age was a better indicator of life expectancy than the person’s actual age. Anthony and Jeff discuss whether our DNA will determine our lifespan, and, if so, what we should do about it.

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0:00.0	Man, I am so grateful for all the people that donate money. It's amazing to me that we are able to make this show because people donate by going to patreon.com
0:10.8	Slesh, we have concerns. It's not amazing. I mean, I'm pretty blown away by it.
0:15.8	I just wanted more energy out of me. I was hoping maybe that drink your coffee.
0:30.0	I turned into a little goblin and ran away. Oh, rump of earlobes. Come back.
0:37.2	This is we have concerns. Hi, Jeff. Get out of high Anthony Carbony. Hello, concerned citizens.
0:42.8	We had our patron hangout last night and somebody in the patron hangout asked me point blank,
0:47.9	why am I so afraid of death? That was pretty intense. That was a proper who asked me that.
0:52.5	That's a moment. Yeah, this is every month we hang out with patrons at the five dollar level or above.
0:57.6	We do like a special thing and you can jump on cam and talk to us. This dude point blank was like,
1:03.1	hey, Anthony, I just want to know why you're so afraid of death.
1:08.4	Yeah, it took a turn. It took a turn. It took a little time.
1:10.9	It took a little time. Those hangouts are pretty light. They're pretty chill, normally.
1:15.4	No, but it was awesome. It was awesome because I sort of explained I'm not so much afraid of death as I am
1:21.1	just like extremely bummed because I get on universal scale. I get a microsecond. I get a moment.
1:28.2	I get a moment to exist within the universe and I don't get to see all the cool stuff that comes after.
1:32.6	It's like galactic phomo. Yeah. It's not just fear of death. It's fear of missing out on all the great
1:37.4	things that the world has potential to offer. Yeah, man. I think of all the new iPhones that we will
1:42.8	potentially miss. They may have they have they will have up to six cameras in the future. It's amazing.
1:48.8	In a row. That's going to be so great. It will do so many things and the touch sensor will be
1:55.6	so much more efficient. No, so I think, you know, for me, I've always been, well, I haven't always
2:02.4	put a conscious thought towards this, but I'm always kind of like, hey, I want to maximize
2:07.6	my healthy and aware time on this planet. Yes. I want to maximize those good years. I think everybody
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