[lambdafourtwo]

rapamycin triggers the same effect as extreme caloric restriction. Neither of the solutions you mentioned have been scientifically verified in humans.

Longevity research itself hasn't been around long enough to verify ANY longevity hypothesis on humans.

[jtbayly]

… in spite of being around for millennia.

[lambdafourtwo]

The scientific method came around 1600s. Statistics existed in 1662.

Science itself has not existed for a millenia.

[jtbayly]

Longevity research has, though. Philosophers stone, fountain of youth, these are the same things we seek today, through new means.

[lambdafourtwo]

Doesn't count as research imo. It's more speculation and musings. Research requires actual science.