Well, when I was a little kid, you know, instead of like going to talk to my parents, I'd leave

him a note under the door.

I didn't even learn how to talk until I was three and a half.

Wow.

I mean, you're such a remarkably prolific scientist and communicator.

I assumed you must have been a child prodigy.

No, no, far from it.

I'd just been a writer for my whole life.

Yeah.

Hey, everyone, it's Adam Grant.

Welcome back to Rethinking, my podcast with Ted on the science of what makes us tick.

I'm an organizational psychologist, and I'm taking you inside the minds of fascinating people

to explore new thoughts

and new ways of thinking.

Eric Topol is a cardiologist at Scripps.

He's a prolific researcher with over 1,300 publications and one of the 10 most cited

living scientists in medicine. In his book Super Agers,

he shares his surprising findings about the genetics of longevity. And because the longevity

movement is full of pseudoscience, he's going to bust some myths about increasing your

lifespan and your health span.

Well, Eric, I thought it would be fun for all of our listeners if we just went through all of your scientific publications one by one.

It's a new cure for insomnia.

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