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14% longer in mice trails is more than a few weeks. Regardless of if it’s “desperate” or not, there’s worse ways to spend your time than searching for a way to live another decade.


14% of a mouse life is several weeks.


Most obtuse poster award goes to…


Would seem more obtuse to me to assume that a gain of 14% for mice in a lab-situation would translate to a similar gain for humans in a real-life situation.


No one is assuming that. People are assuming it's _worth looking into_.


Where to next, Algernon?


I laughed. :)




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