I would not recommend hormones. Beware of Algernon's law - if a simple biochemical tweak were always helpful, it'd probably already be that way. In particular a lot of things that try to work against 'aging' as opposed to specific dysfunctions will probably cause cancer. Thiel is a particular offender there, he recently started taking HGH with the justification "we'll probably have cancer licked in a decade or two". I read that statement to some people in my lab, where it provoked universal laughter.
if a simple biochemical tweak were always helpful, it'd probably already be that way.
The key question: helpful, for what?
There's no reason to think Evolution has optimized my machinery for longevity.
As for giggles, I'll bet on Kurzweil's predictions over the people in your lab.
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