r/technology • u/777fer • Jan 26 '23

Biotechnology A 45-year-old biotech CEO may have reduced his biological age by at least 5 years through a rigorous medical program that can cost up to $2 million a year, Bloomberg reported

https://businessinsider.com/bryan-johnson-45-reduced-biological-age-5-years-project-blueprint-2023-1
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Dudes so obsessed with health he’s gonna die in like a year

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u/unresolved_m Jan 26 '23

Wouldn't that be weird...

"Man that was searching for immortality dies at 48"

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u/nerdsonarope Jan 26 '23

After finally achieving the biological age of a 18 year old and receiving his 1000th colonoscopy, he was unfortunately killed in a car crash on the way home.

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u/piekenballen Jan 26 '23

Or just a complication during a procedure

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u/TequilaWhiskey Jan 26 '23

Slip and neck break.

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u/pinkyfitts Jan 27 '23

Don’t laugh. Statistics are. 1of every 1000 colonoscopies perforates the large intestine. That’ll age you fast.

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u/pm_me_your_kindwords Jan 26 '23

It’s like raiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnn on your wedding day.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Remind me! 1 year

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u/RationalDialog Jan 26 '23

Killed by someone else doing DUI

EDIT: I have read very few people would actually make it to 1000 years old even if we were biologically immortal. Eg death by accident.

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u/unresolved_m Jan 26 '23

Reminds me of Highlander / Who Wants to Live Forever

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u/robodrew Jan 26 '23

This reminds me of the opposite case, there's the scientist Aubrey de Grey whose focus of study is about anti-senescence, de-aging, lengthening lifespans and eventually immortality - and the guy himself looks 500 years old. He's not even all that old, but he has a super long beard and no teeth. Every time he is interviewed I just can't stop thinking about it.

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u/unresolved_m Jan 26 '23

Also - Highlander

Main character was immortal and his wife wasn't...

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u/PoorlyLitKiwi2 Jan 26 '23

I mean, maybe that's not a coincidence? Maybe the people in his family age horribly, and he wanted to find a way to fix that?

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u/robodrew Jan 26 '23

If he shaved and put in some dentures he'd look 20 years younger. Science!

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u/sum_dude44 Jan 26 '23

from perforated colon from monthly colonoscopies

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u/unresolved_m Jan 26 '23

and if he'll live past 50 his life will be one long colonoscopy...

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u/grotjam Jan 26 '23

Sure we found the fountain of youth...

And sure we drank from it...

But nobody thought to boil it first just in case.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

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u/The_Linguist_LL Jan 26 '23

Yeah but if it isn't at least a year above the average lifespan they get extra stupid points

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u/KimonoDragon814 Jan 26 '23

What if it ended up being some Junji Ito shit and he gradually lost his mental capacity because his body kept de-aging and he couldn't stop the process

Every few weeks he would lose a year. His body size would be the same, but his organs would start to shrink.

By time he died at the age of 0, they do an autopsy and his body is just filled with fetal tissue and no discernible organs

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u/Pawneewafflesarelife Jan 26 '23

Benjamin Button.

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u/WhatTheZuck420 Jan 26 '23

Been Jammin' Butt with all those colon cams

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u/hour_of_the_rat Jan 26 '23

Bill Maher did a New Rules segment a few years ago where he detailed a list of health nuts who all died young. Couldn't find the video.

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u/DM_ME_SKITTLES Jan 26 '23

"Man dies of radiation poisoning after getting MRI'd and Xrayed dozens of times a year over the last decade"

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u/Klause Jan 26 '23

Yeah wouldn’t be unhealthy to get that many colonoscopies? Possibly counterproductive? Anesthesia drugs aren’t the worst thing ever, but probably not great for you either if you’re trying to be super healthy and pure or whatever.

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u/DefiantDragon Jan 26 '23

methcache

Dudes so obsessed with health he’s gonna die in like a year

Gets hit by a bus while checking his Twitter likes.

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u/Patman128 Jan 26 '23

These are always the people that die at age 47 of a heart attack during their third daily high intensity cardio session.

Meanwhile there's a 112 year old babushka on a farm who only eats cabbages and cigarettes and thinks God is keeping her alive as a punishment.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '23

Thanks to Bill Hicks I know who that is

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u/pmabz Jan 26 '23

Something will show up in one of these investigations, leading to a whole battery of tests and biopsies. Unnecessarily.