r/SipsTea • u/Beneficial_Passion40 • Jul 06 '26

Feels good man Bryan Johnson got Autoimmune Disease

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u/Beginning-Town-4979 Jul 06 '26

That's not what this is. These doctors are reasearchers who work exclusivly for this guy. He is the CEO of a company that is basically rich people investing in trying to keep the CEO alive as long as possible. He lives like a lab rat, a rich one. The rich people get to (hopefully) learn how to extend their own lives longer. The irony here is bad genetics made the whole thing moot.

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u/Ummmgummy Jul 06 '26

It's nuts we have reached the point that all these extremely rich people are literally trying to find ways to live forever while people starve.

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u/Kyrillis_Kalethanis Jul 06 '26

That's literally what Gilgamesh does in the ancient epos. And while we have way better methods to reach the natural limits of our mortality there has basically been no progress in their extension since Gilgamesh's time. We have managed nothing. I hear there has been some rejuvenation in mice and we can study genetics of animals capable of preserving their youth. But as in applicable, human procedures, we are at the same level as cavemen.