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why aren't all 5 resolved? a statement only gets an assessment when the public record can support or contradict it. opinions and what-ifs never can, and 0 checkable ones are still open, waiting for their date. predictions held up or didn't; assertions are supported or contradicted. on every card: ▮▮▮▮▮ certainty · ▮▮▮▮▮ debate potential. speakers are clickable

Assertion Supported
Rando: Infusing young blood into old animals reverses some aging phenotypes
“What we really know these days is that it does seem that if you infuse Components of a blood from a young animal into an old animal. It actually can revert some of the aging phenotypes from an old state to a younger state, which is something quite different be…”
Dr. Thomas Rando Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 7:24 a16z Podcast | The Science Of Extending Life
Assertion Partly supported
Rando: Young plasma clinical trial underway for early-onset Alzheimer's patients
“The company based on the kind of this work of the blood transfusions is currently conducting a trial of delivering Plasma from young individuals to patients with early onset Alzheimer's disease.”
Dr. Thomas Rando Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:58 a16z Podcast | The Science Of Extending Life
Insight
Rando: Science focuses on extending health span, not just life span
“There's a big discrepancy between the notion of life extension and the notion of health span extension.”
Dr. Thomas Rando Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 0:56 a16z Podcast | The Science Of Extending Life
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Rando: Biological age biomarkers will enormously accelerate longevity research
“And I think, you know, the idea of having biomarkers is going to accelerate this field enormously.”
Dr. Thomas Rando Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 6:13 a16z Podcast | The Science Of Extending Life
Assertion Contradicted
Rando: The FDA will not approve drugs to treat healthy individuals
“There's no way right now that any drug is going to be approved for treatment of healthy people.”
Dr. Thomas Rando Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 18:52 a16z Podcast | The Science Of Extending Life
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