Let's try and bring things together and then peer into the future
1. Planck time was the first Universal structure (see Stephen Hawking)
2. The Universe consists of structures which're synchronized a bit like musical instuments in an orchestra - the reason why pulsars are Planck time accurate.
3. The synchrony plays out in man - with man offered (in effect) a fixed number of heart beats.
4. Now - we can reduce our resting heart rate through avodance of distress (yes your boss at work is killing you) and HIIT.
5. The heart beat pumps oxygen around our body.
6. Presumably reducing the need for the body to obtain oxygen would be useful in increasing longevity.
7. A tempting thought - but if we sit very still (etc) - then we become bored - there're 2 'distress' zones around a eustress zone for optimal human longevity or in plain English too little / too much kills us - with intentional reference to the Middle Way.
8. Now let's look at the Industrial -> Informational revolution in society in effect from heavy energy to light energy usage - which we need mimic in man.
9. A shift from the body working to the mind working is the basis to the Industrial -> Informational revolution in man.
10. Note though that the mind still requires ATP indirectly through cost of neural action potential generation.
11. So - our 'happy' place is a place of learning (eg the creation / appreciation or motor / sensory cortex) of information recognition (cerebellum).
12. The brain will require energy - and there's nothing that we can do about that - however we do know that the brain is awfully keen on ketones.
--- Now entering science fiction ---
13. Melanin can transduce energy from the electromagnetic spectrum in the absence of oxygen ie see radiotrophic fungae and particularly those that grow in space.
There's a direct mechanism of EM energy -> acetate (feeding mitochondria) in radiotrophic fungus.
14. A key path in the naked mole rat towards longevity is via fructose obviating the need for oxygen in operation - and a key part of my presentation is the use of inulin (oligofructose) through gut fermentation.
What am I suggesting ?
That the fixed number of heart beats can be reduced (slowed incredibly cf naked mole rat) by a few simple interventions currently.
A shift into the learning zone brings down peripheral/central oxygen requirements further.
However - that we're fairly close to reducing oxygen requirements yet further with a form of mitochondrial photosynthesis alongside gut biome soluble fibre/prebiotic/inulin fermentation process.
We can't do anything about 'being on the clock' - however may be able to slow the clock beat down to very slow indeed.
The first part of the idea can be handled by lifestyle change - lots of proven interventions in reducing heart rate - particularly like the idea of altitude training for instance.
The second part - will need to occur with actual evolutionary shift.
Do we want to live for longer ?
Well - not currently - life is akin to living within a zombie apocalypse with every person we pass trying to bite off our heads (steal our wallets).
However with an understanding that we've moved past materialism -> that we've moved past Understanding of context (the evolutionary mechanism of generalized Theory of Everything) -> into personal neural/psycho quality
- there is hope that people may want to live for longer.
Life need not be painful.
Edited by SB_UK, 31 January 2019 - 10:42 AM.