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Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by ungreased0675 »

WarmWash wrote: post #24
Yapping7880 wrote: post #16

I really appreciate how the author dramatizes hypothyroidism, which I've also had since 25, and in the modern world, it's like the most treatable, easy to live with condition on earth. Taking a tiny pill once daily, with the lone drawback that as soon as you take the pill you have a 5min timer to taking a dump. I was reading this and didn't understand the point until I got to this: "I overhauled my medical team earli…

Ehhh, not really, I have been loosely following him for a while and he is overall pretty genuine (i.e. laser focused on his health experiment above all else) He was the founder of Braintree which sold to paypal for $800M. He then was divorced and listless with near infinite money, so decided to see what would happen if money was no object and you tried to live a perfectly healthy life as dictated by current medical r…

We don’t know what his ACTUAL routine is, just what he chooses to disclose. I don’t know that he’s withholding information, but I also have no way to verify how honest he’s being.

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by queenkjuul »

sgt101 wrote: post #9

I know many will draw a line between Hubris and Nemesis here, but I feel really sorry for this guy and just wish some good health for him. I personally find the whole long life influncing and health hacking movement annoying, but I recognise that many, if not most, of the folks involved are acting in good faith and just trying to feel better themselves or help others feel better. He probably can't any more (I have no…

> But if he can I hope he has a beer and just relaxes and gets some happy vibes for a time.

He can't; not because of his stomach, but because he's spiritually incapable of enjoying a beer

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by timcobb »

WarmWash wrote: post #24
Yapping7880 wrote: post #16

I really appreciate how the author dramatizes hypothyroidism, which I've also had since 25, and in the modern world, it's like the most treatable, easy to live with condition on earth. Taking a tiny pill once daily, with the lone drawback that as soon as you take the pill you have a 5min timer to taking a dump. I was reading this and didn't understand the point until I got to this: "I overhauled my medical team earli…

Ehhh, not really, I have been loosely following him for a while and he is overall pretty genuine (i.e. laser focused on his health experiment above all else) He was the founder of Braintree which sold to paypal for $800M. He then was divorced and listless with near infinite money, so decided to see what would happen if money was no object and you tried to live a perfectly healthy life as dictated by current medical r…

> He does sell supplements

Kind of says everything we need to know?

> Since people really snag on the money part

This is the whole part :) it's a good thing to snag on in my opinion

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by queenkjuul »

prismatix wrote: post #30

In medicine, if you look hard you will likely find something . That part that confuses me about his story is: not once does he mention the symptoms or side effects. Unless I somehow missed that part, or he's leaving them out for private reasons, his evidence and symptoms are entirely lab-based. Bodies are weird and do "abnormal" things in reaction to the environment, stress, physical activity, nutrition, etc. -- not…

> humans cannot live forever.

I think Mr Johnson disagrees

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by queenkjuul »

adverbly wrote: post #35
iammjm wrote: post #18

It's kinda disgusting how many people seem to enjoy his misfortune. Even though he never hurt anyone and has been an overall positive, if peculiar, person. I hope he recovers or at least contains this and continues with his mission

Same. I'd like to see this guy die at 100 or something because I personally think immortality is bad for the world, but like 50 or whatever he is now is just sad. He could do a lot of good for the world by sharing lessons to help people live healthier lives.

He could do a lot more good using his wealth to solve problems that aren't "how is Bryan Johnson going to live to be 100"

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by queenkjuul »

potatototoo99 wrote: post #44
iammjm wrote: post #18

It's kinda disgusting how many people seem to enjoy his misfortune. Even though he never hurt anyone and has been an overall positive, if peculiar, person. I hope he recovers or at least contains this and continues with his mission

How positive would he be if instead he had spent a bit of his wealth in improving the world, like curing a disease instead of just trying to live forever? To me he reminds of those stories of wealthy medieval ladies bathing in the blood of virgins. You just know this psychopath is one capitalistic stepping stone away from doing it.

Isn't he already injecting himself with the blood of youths? I figure the medieval freaks would have done the same if they could

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by WarmWash »

timcobb wrote: post #63
WarmWash wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ehhh, not really, I have been loosely following him for a while and he is overall pretty genuine (i.e. laser focused on his health experiment above all else) He was the founder of Braintree which sold to paypal for $800M. He then was divorced and listless with near infinite money, so decided to see what would happen if money was no object and you tried to live a perfectly healthy life as dictated by current medical r…

> He does sell supplements Kind of says everything we need to know? > Since people really snag on the money part This is the whole part :) it's a good thing to snag on in my opinion

With $1B NW, the government will pay you $150k per day in interest. In stocks you are looking at ~$500k per day (with more risk).

Why you would ever waste your time running a supplement scam, when you passively earn $150k-$500k per day doing nothing, is probably the most perplexing proposition people are making here (which frankly I don't even think they are aware that they are making it).

He could just make an AI startup if he was really interested in doubling his NW.

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by drivingmenuts »

WarmWash wrote: post #67
timcobb wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> He does sell supplements Kind of says everything we need to know? > Since people really snag on the money part This is the whole part :) it's a good thing to snag on in my opinion

With $1B NW, the government will pay you $150k per day in interest. In stocks you are looking at ~$500k per day (with more risk). Why you would ever waste your time running a supplement scam, when you passively earn $150k-$500k per day doing nothing, is probably the most perplexing proposition people are making here (which frankly I don't even think they are aware that they are making it). He could just make an AI st…

At some point, it's just keeping score. Elon Musk doesn't need to be a trillionaire, he wants to be one. None of the world's billionaires need to be that rich, they are just competing against each other.

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by gos9 »

WarmWash wrote: post #67
timcobb wrote: post #63

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> He does sell supplements Kind of says everything we need to know? > Since people really snag on the money part This is the whole part :) it's a good thing to snag on in my opinion

With $1B NW, the government will pay you $150k per day in interest. In stocks you are looking at ~$500k per day (with more risk). Why you would ever waste your time running a supplement scam, when you passively earn $150k-$500k per day doing nothing, is probably the most perplexing proposition people are making here (which frankly I don't even think they are aware that they are making it). He could just make an AI st…

1B NW != 1B accruing interest

Re: Bryan Johnson: I have an autoimmune disease. My stomach is eating itself

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Post by eth0up »

ck2 wrote: post #60
eth0up wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would normally be inclined to jump in and top your recommendation with other, spore forming probiotics, eg Subtilis, Coagulans, etc. My old friend in Aussieland has been struggling with a multitude of ailments, gastrointestinal among them. After doing a few hours of well-intended research, I gave him a list of things I thought might help, all with disclaimers and contraindications noted. He chose to pursue the Coag…

Saccharomyces Boulardii is not like any other probiotic go ask google or chatgpt to explain why and you'll get it, more than I can narrate here it will not colonize and can even be taken with antibiotics to help the gut survive as long as the person is not allergic to yeast they would be fine in theory once a person stops taking it there is no trace of it in your system 3-5 days later ps. never take multi-strain prob…

Just in case you thought I had anything to do with your comment being d-voted, I didn't. I almost never d-vote anything, and my comment-voting 'privileges' have been suspended due to excess u-voting. That said, I was not disputing your suggestion, but rather adding a pinch of anecdote. Saccharomyces Boulardii is one of the only 'probiotics' regularly used in clinical environments, and for good reason. Its protective effects in C-Diff alone give it credibility lacking in many prescription medicines.

No dispute here, other than for cases of compromised immunity, where pretty much everything is a potential risk.

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