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127 – All About Aging with Richard Acton

The Bayesian Conspiracy

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The Selection Shadow in Evolution

Evolution will cannibalize longevity in a situation where it's beneficial to spend that energy somewhere else. So maybe this gene has an effect that would cause you to live longer. But if you can like tweak a little bit to be slightly worse at that, but it doesn't matter because of the floods going to be over. Big energy to have more eggs. Right. And it's the weight caveat for the balls that are elephants and us. right.

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