Journalists as a rule exhibit next to no ability to analyze or distinguish varieties of what is going on in the areas of (a) meaningful longevity science that c

Journalists as a rule exhibit next to no ability to analyze or distinguish varieties of what is going on in the areas of (a) meaningful longevity science that can plausibly produce large gains in life span at some point, (b) dumb "anti-aging" industry nonsense, and (c) longevity science that is not in principle capable of useful gains in life span. They are given the instruction from above to write something about efforts to live longer in order to fill today's news hole, grab the first five things they come across in a quick search of recent news, rank them all equally, and throw them into the blender. Out pops a popular science article. Little to no attempt is made to gain or convey insight or understanding.