The eccentric former tech CEO famous for his anti-aging efforts compared his nocturnal erections to his 19-year-old son’s.
  • teft@lemmy.worldEnglish
    156·
    9 days ago

    The dude gets weekly dick injections which he classifies as 9.5 out of 10 on a pain scale.

    Weekly.

    Dude is a fucking moron.

  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    69·
    9 days ago

    i saw him on two separate youtube channels: Magnus Midtbø (norwegian climber) and Will Tennyson (bodybuilding vlogger)

    in both cases, they were invited by Bryan Johnson to his lair, going through his routine. it felt like a surreal cringe fest of zero social awareness. Bryan was permanently looking for some kind of validation, comparing his skills to his guest, or asking the various personal trainers / doctors if he beat some younger age category, etc.

    everything he does can’t be healthy and i wouldn’t call what he does “living”. he’s bound to a 24h program where everything is planned down to the minute.

  • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    59·
    9 days ago

    I don’t mind this guy. He’s basically committing his time, money, and body towards being a guinea pig exploring means that could benefit us all. I do understand there are some arguments to be had about some less-than-scientific approaches to his experiments, but I don’t think it totally negates the value.

    Also, oh no, talking openly about penis health is uncomfortable to puritanical Western norms.

    • inv3r5ion@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      47·
      9 days ago

      Talking about your dick is one thing. Talking about your sons dick and using your sons blood is just fucking creepy. Hope the kid gets good therapy for this crazy shit.

    • neidu3@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      9 days ago

      I like when Ordinary Things had a look at him. I can’t help but agree with his effort, even if his methods and theories leave a lot to be desired.

      • Dr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        15·
        9 days ago

        On a scale of billionaires most destructive to society, he seems to be very low on the list. One might argue he’s on the list of ones at least being minorly beneficial.

        But, you know, people will hate. And those people are also likely contributing little of value to society.

    • Tiger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      9 days ago

      Yeah I don’t know enough about him, just glances at bits of content over time, but I agree. History is full of such over enthusiastic tinkerers who subject themselves to ridiculous experiments but every now and then they learn something useful. It is cringeworthy, though, and not ok if foisted on others.

    • cabron_offsets@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 days ago

      This isn’t really about dick problems, though. Check the news, check socials, many people are perfectly fine these days talking about dick problems and scientifically accepted solutions.

  • youvegotmoxie@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    9 days ago

    Sucks for this guy. I’m close to his age, I drank and smoked heavily for years and I look about the age he does

  • treadful@lemmy.zipEnglish
    30·
    9 days ago

    While I do kind of like the idea of having data on random bodily functions like erections, can’t say I’d be willing to share that data with my parents or the world.

  • restingboredface@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    24·
    9 days ago

    I couldn’t get through more than about a paragraph before getting prompted to subscribe so I’m still little confused.

    Why get measurements of your child’s erections in the first place? How does this son feel about his PHI being shared all over the internet? Hard to imagine anyone being okay with that.

    • juliebean@lemm.eeEnglish
      48·
      9 days ago

      i didn’t get any prompts, and read the article, so i’ll quickly answer.

      1. the guy is obsessed with penile behaviour as a measure of overall health, for some reason, and measured the nocturnal boners of himself, as well as his 19 year old son, as a point of comparison.
      2. the son shared his dick metrics himself. seems he’s well and fully invested in his father’s phallocentric longevity scheme.
    • GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      9 days ago

      To avoid the popup shit:

      Open page immediately Ctrl A then paste in a text editor

      Often works for me

  • jagged_circle@feddit.nlEnglish
    23·
    8 days ago

    On a related note, I was just searching fdroid for a signal app. I didn’t find one, but I did find an app that tracks your Morning Wood

  • Internetexplorer@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    9 days ago

    I mean he’s trying to find the healthiest things to help people live longer.

    I’m not sure about the dick thing. But he’s carrying out many experiments with food, sleep habits etc.

    Although you’re only focusing on the erection thing. Which seems a small part of the research.

    I don’t think he deserves backlash for trying to help people generally

    • Idea@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      44·
      9 days ago

      Is he though? He does so many things at once and only on himself. I don’t think you can call that research.

      • Kraiden@kbin.earth
        38·
        9 days ago

        Also let’s be real. He’s not trying to help anyone but himself. If he ever does find some miracle cure that significantly slows aging, you can bet your ass that he’ll charge so much for it that only his billionaire cronies will be able to afford it

    • wjrii@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      9 days ago

      And what useful data comes from one rich asshole trying EVERYTHING? This is not science, it’s existential desperation sprinkled on a soufflé of wealth and cringe.

      • Internetexplorer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        9 days ago

        Why are you so angry at him?

        He’s literally trying to make people live longer.

        I don’t see why you’re calling him vulgar names.

        He’s trying many things to see what works and what doesn’t.

        Your vitriol seems misplaced and I don’t understand your aggression towards someone trying to be helpful to society in general. It’s bizarre.

        • andyburke@fedia.io
          31·
          9 days ago

          People are upset because this person has the means to effect real altruistic change but instead is pretending to do science in a purely selfish effort.

          I hope that explains it. I have no horse in this race.

          • Internetexplorer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            9 days ago

            It’s the opposite of selfish, he’s publishing all of this findings to the internet for everyone to see and use.

            It’s not pretend, he’s actually carrying out methodology, posting results and showing what’s effective

            • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
              8·
              8 days ago

              His methodology is a joke. Throw everything against the wall and hope something sticks. He has no way of telling which of the many experiments is successful, he’s a walking collection of confounding factors.

              Also, if he were somehow able to find something that outperforms the null hypothesis, and against all odds, find out which treatment it actually is, he could just go drop the performative altruism, go private on it and try to monetize it.

              • Internetexplorer@lemmy.worldEnglish
                2·
                8 days ago

                Well yeah he’s trying many things at once because he wants to extend his life and live the greatest lifestyle. It’s not 100% an experiment. Some of it is just trying to live a longer life through healthy options.

                He can read the results for different areas. Ie sleep, how long, when and how that affects his well being.

                He’s trying to do a good thing and ask you guys can do is bitterly try and tear it down. I think you guys have an agenda.

        • don@lemm.eeEnglish
          17·
          9 days ago

          You can simplify all of this just by saying you’re a big fan of the guy.

          Literally everything in your reply is some extremely weird projection trying to invalidate another person’s opinion, and it’s incredibly strange.

          Honestly, you come across as a person who hasn’t had much interaction with different opinions, perspectives, and personalities.

          • Internetexplorer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            9 days ago

            It’s not an option though. It’s an attack. They’re just attacking his personality, or calling him names. That’s not opinion, that’s just trying to smear the guy.

            They’re bad faith arguments.

            Calling him a rich ar*ehole isn’t an opinion. It’s just being rude.

            • don@lemm.eeEnglish
              13·
              9 days ago

              Why are you so confused by this? It’s not at all as difficult as you’re trying to make it seem.

              You’re literally in a public forum trying to project your assertions about another person merely because you don’t agree with them. It’s perplexing, really.

              You fail to understand one of the simplest characteristics of the human species, and that is they’re not actually required to behave as you believe they should, and many understandably won’t.

              I reassert my original advice to you to broaden your horizons to endeavor to interact with others more and more meaningfully, so as to familiarize yourself with, and become much better accustomed to, the plethora of human personalities. You’ll thank me, I assure you.

                • don@lemm.eeEnglish
                  3·
                  8 days ago

                  I reassert my original advice to you to broaden your horizons to endeavor to interact with others more and more meaningfully, so as to familiarize yourself with, and become much better accustomed to, the plethora of human personalities. You’ll thank me, I assure you.

                  You really will.

              • Internetexplorer@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                9 days ago

                He’s helping himself by publishing the results for everyone? That doesn’t even make sense.

                You’re being obtuse and and I question your intentions in have a good faith argument.

                • TachyonTele@lemm.eeEnglish
                  10·
                  9 days ago

                  Multiple people have already told why that “data” is useless. Why are you defending this guy so hard?

                • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
                  3·
                  8 days ago

                  He may think it helps others to publish his results. Or maybe it’s just a publicity stunt. But neither of those motivations mean that the results will be worth a shit.

    • HowAbt2morrow@futurology.todayEnglish
      14·
      9 days ago

      I appreciate his data collection and experimentation, although plenty of the data is anecdotal and the number of simultaneous experiments in a complex system is gonna make parsing out protocols a chore.

        • youvegotmoxie@lemmy.worldEnglish
          13·
          9 days ago

          I’m open to having my mind changed if you can provide evidence of billionaires that accumulated their massive wealth by using non-exploitative practices

          • Internetexplorer@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            9 days ago

            Billionaires normally sell something that the masses want.

            If it’s not gained through criminal activities and people actually gave money willingly, then they’re providing a service or product millions of people wanted or used.

            Just because people made money doesn’t mean they did it in an egregious fashion automatically

            • youvegotmoxie@lemmy.worldEnglish
              12·
              9 days ago

              Ok, so you don’t have anything actually valuable to offer in a discussion and seem to lack critical thinking skills. If you want to worship or do hand waving for the ultra wealthy, that’s your prerogative but don’t piss on me and tell me it’s raining. Moving on

        • superkret@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          No, it follows logically. A person who helps people can and will never become a billionaire. Billionaires decide, on every day of their lives, to keep hording their immense wealth, where it serves literally no one, not even their own happiness, instead of donating it to help people who are literally suffering and dying from a lack of $100.

    • Tiger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      12·
      9 days ago

      I agree with you and don’t know why people pile on against you. Is the guy cringey? Sure. Would it be more useful to humanity if he just donated his money to existing and more reputable research? For sure. But he’s just tinkering on himself, which is his right, and shares what he learns.

      Is he misguided and a quack who may not learn anything? Maybe, but sometimes it’s the crazy folks who go against the grain that stumble on some good ideas.

      Also, if anything he tries is interesting, yes of course he’s just a sample size of 1 - the idea is that other people could research it further.

      (I think him roping other people in like his kid isn’t great)

      • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        9 days ago

        he’s just a sample size of 1

        And also he seems to be mixing “experiments” concurrently. How does he know what worked and what didn’t if he has 30+ variables to account for all the time? xd

        • Tiger@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          9 days ago

          Hehe, he won’t know, it’s a messy method. The experiment is “does the kitchen sink approach of a 100 zany things do any good or not.” I’d guess not, actually,

      • futatorius@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        sometimes it’s the crazy folks who go against the grain that stumble on some good ideas

        The chances of that happening in real life are close to nil. Sometimes, people who actually know what they’re doing are mistaken or mischaracterized as crazy, but it’s not all that hard to distinguish them from cranks. And even among those with the technical or scientific competency to actually do things right, people often make wrong hypotheses. Science is hard.