No Way Out: What If Longevity Science Is Pointless?

There’s every chance that our bodies are on a set clock.

Back in 2004, I tried interviewing Dr. Roy Walford, a pathology professor at the UCLA School of Medicine, for a magazine article I was writing about human longevity. Walford believed that a calorie-restricted diet would allow him to live much longer, despite the Lou Gehrig’s Disease…