Oh, *comparative zoology* is where the real work is (eg spatial transcriptomics and *all the omics* of bowhead whale tissue). Bowhead whales have practically solved the problem [on the most relevant timescales], and it's really evolutionary biology of aging ppl (eg Vera Gorbunova, Steve Austad) who have the densest insights on the problem, *and* you don't need the highest IQ to do these things (plus ecology & evolutionary biology has 10x healthier culture than molecular biology)
Oh, *comparative zoology* is where the real work is (eg spatial transcriptomics and *all the omics* of bowhead whale tissue). Bowhead whales have practically solved the problem [on the most relevant timescales], and it's really evolutionary biology of aging ppl (eg Vera Gorbunova, Steve Austad) who have the densest insights on the problem, *and* you don't need the highest IQ to do these things (plus ecology & evolutionary biology has 10x healthier culture than molecular biology)