Welcome to the light side

It’s not an artificial virus. There’s no genetic material inside it, so no infectious ability or capacity to evolve

Things that reduces the energy generation of solar panels, like less sunshine, will also usually reduce crop yields ie crops also have a capacity factor

Actually, I suspect this understates the case because it doesn’t take the inefficiency of internal combustion engines into account

And if you want to have a look through the list yourself, it's here: 3/

arep.med.harvard.edu/gmc/protect....

While researching it, I failed to find a clear statement from Church on why he set up and maintains this list, so I asked. I didn't have space for his full answer in my column, so thought I'd post it here for the record: 🧪 2/

(PGP = Personal Genome Project)

If only we lived in the Milliverse already...

Had to listen to the whole thing www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXi3...

And the ticking time bomb of SSPE (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subacut... ) where 1 in 600 infants who get measles get a ticking time bomb planted in their brain that kills them YEARS later publications.aap.org/aapnews/news...

As good as the Icelandic ones?

Yes, I quoted @pjie2.bsky.social saying much the same in my story:

As I try to explain, the heritability of lifespan isn't a fixed thing. It will vary from place to place and over time, depending on how diverse populations are and how varied the environment is

Anyhow, the bottom line is that our lifestyles can still make a huge difference