The Information Theory of Aging: A Scratched CD

And it turns out that 80% of our future longevity and health is controlled by this second part,

the epigenetic information, the control systems. Uh, I liken the DNA to the,

the music that's on a DVD or compact disc. For the younger people,

we used to use these things. I re- I recall. Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, and then the epigenome is the reader that says, "Okay,

in this cell, we need to play that set of songs, and in this other cell,

we have to play a different set of songs." But over time, aging is the equivalent

of scratching the CD and the DVD so that you, you're not playing the right songs,