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It's just the headline that is stupid (altough note it says may), the article itself states in the last paragraph: This study was unique in showing that telome
by stiff 14y ago
It's just the headline that is stupid (altough note it says may), the article itself states in the last paragraph:
This study was unique in showing that telomere length determination by paternal age was generationally additive. It was not designed to determine if older paternal age translates into longer lifespan.
The bibliography in the actual paper cites lots of articles concerning the impact of telomere length on various health-related issues, so it seems that this really was not the point of this study.
- saurik 14y agoI actually had just noticed this, and was about to add an "edit: actually, the journalists did note this". Thanks for pointing it out, however. It is then quite silly of me to have spent time reading the paper but not adequately reading the journalistic summary ;P. (I will even then further defend Extreme Longevity by saying that "May" is maybe pushing it, but not unreasonable.)