tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1573255990820881796..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Longevity versus real health - more reflections on mouse utopiaBruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-6659350974287050492014-08-15T18:50:54.058+01:002014-08-15T18:50:54.058+01:00I wonder if you've read this: http://www.neote...I wonder if you've read this: http://www.neoteny.org/2009/02/06/introduction-to-the-theory-of-waves/<br /><br />I believe it sheds rather a lot of light on the situation we find ourselves in.Edwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10112396507341720195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-61826096650212101542014-08-07T19:44:23.065+01:002014-08-07T19:44:23.065+01:00@py - Indeed. I sometimes emphasize this in lectur...@py - Indeed. I sometimes emphasize this in lectures by asking whether the men in the class would like to extend their lifespan by an average of several years - and then (before any have a chance to respond) telling them that this can be achieved by castration. This usually gets a laugh. <br /><br />In other words people can often increase lifespan by various means, but at the cost of reducing (or eliminating) reproductive success. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-63745135773961803402014-08-07T19:23:39.182+01:002014-08-07T19:23:39.182+01:00Excellent point Professor! Your analysis seems to...Excellent point Professor! Your analysis seems to confirm Mikhail Blagosklonny's thesis that aging is a purposeless quasi program. As such, there is no reason to think that longer life is connected to fitness in a Darwinian sense.pyrrhushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150605108788285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-80537825259038256272014-08-07T08:12:48.624+01:002014-08-07T08:12:48.624+01:00@B - The parallels are not exact - in particular t...@B - The parallels are not exact - in particular the population of England is fairly rapidly being replaced from elsewhere - however this is a very approximate analysis:<br /><br />http://iqpersonalitygenius.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/modern-england-as-mouse-utopia.htmlBruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-47332593384524669052014-08-07T07:43:34.191+01:002014-08-07T07:43:34.191+01:00In what stage of the mouse utopia the modern world...In what stage of the mouse utopia the modern world finds itself in your opinion?Boethiusnoreply@blogger.com