Genes Have A Lot Less To Do With Long Life Than We Thought

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There is no such thing as a life clock. No mystic practicing the dark arts can tell you exactly how long you will live. Even in cases of terminal diseases, doctors aren’t even that good at estimating your lifespan. While few believe in the predictive powers of fortune cookies, many put quite a bit more confidence in genetics. But as it turns out, genetics are not particularly good predictors of longevity either. Wired explains in, “The Key to a Long Life Has Little to Do With ‘Good Genes’.”

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