I could generate evidence at least this good for every claim in human health, including mutually contradictory ones.
The book title “mindspan” pattern matches to “shitty science book”
the paragraphs quoted pattern match to jumping around between facts, without giving straightforward numbers you can hold in your own mind. Why give percentage of childbearing women below a threshold, but averages for the ultraold?
“adding tea to the diet reduces body iron and increases lifespan” really? this is what he thinks of as evidence?
“a study of people who ate a Mediterranean-style diet (characterized mainly by less meat and more fish) had larger brains and key brain structures and less atrophy than frequent meat eaters.” lots of potential reasons for this, many of which are areas of deep research
Data on the ultraold is useless because there’s a good chance most of them are lying about their age.
He didn’t cite the most relevant information I know of, that regular blood donation improves health in men. Which probably means Alex wasn’t done any investigation into this, he just read a few claims some time.
To answer your object level question:
I could generate evidence at least this good for every claim in human health, including mutually contradictory ones.
The book title “mindspan” pattern matches to “shitty science book”
the paragraphs quoted pattern match to jumping around between facts, without giving straightforward numbers you can hold in your own mind. Why give percentage of childbearing women below a threshold, but averages for the ultraold?
“adding tea to the diet reduces body iron and increases lifespan” really? this is what he thinks of as evidence?
“a study of people who ate a Mediterranean-style diet (characterized mainly by less meat and more fish) had larger brains and key brain structures and less atrophy than frequent meat eaters.” lots of potential reasons for this, many of which are areas of deep research
Data on the ultraold is useless because there’s a good chance most of them are lying about their age.
He didn’t cite the most relevant information I know of, that regular blood donation improves health in men. Which probably means Alex wasn’t done any investigation into this, he just read a few claims some time.