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I wanted to ask AI about this: Genetics confers baseline potential. It defines physiological thresholds, not outcomes. Outliers exist, but they are not templates. Behavior, environment, epigenetics, microbiome interactions, stochastic cell processes—these all modulate expression and longevity. Your uncle, Trump, McAfee, etc., are anecdotal survivorship artifacts. Visible because they survived. Countless others with identical lifestyles died young, unnoticed. Survivor bias distorts perceived patterns. Energy levels ≠ health. Asymptomatic organ decline, arterial calcification, neurodegeneration—these often manifest late or never clinically. High energy in old age doesn’t equate to internal system integrity. Health is not 99% genetics. Twin studies, GWAS, and epigenomic mapping show complex polygenic influence interlocked with lifestyle. Estimates vary, but genetic heritability of most chronic diseases ranges between 20-60%, not 99%. The rest is environment, behavior, randomness. Conclusion: high-functioning outliers exist, but they do not negate biology’s statistical distributions. Emulation without understanding leads to failure or collapse.

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@Leo Gura I appreciate your answer. It's not just about a local Joe and beer. For example even Biden suffered against this lower perspective from Trump during the debat. And we have seen the implications of it. I'm aware of all the self deceptions and spiral dynamic stages etc. How hard it is to change someone's mind at all. But it would be nice to have a somewhat 1% "effective" approach against lower perspectives. and you are right about how quickly the lower perspectives get offended.

@Leo Gura how do you deal and talk with such lower perspectives? it's difficult to discuss with them about for example politics, religion etc. I especially notice that they hold assumptions without deeply questioning it. or they accept 1 source of information and don't accept another. and when you mention this source that they put authority on, they defend that source with a whole web of reasons, that also all inherit assumptions. but these conversations are obviously inevitable since everyone meets and has people in their life with these lower perspectives.