Bryan Johnson is taking 5 grams of psilocybin this weekend to test longevity effects, measuring roughly 200 biomarkers including brain activity, DNA, and microbiome before and after. He's deciding whether to livestream the experience.
Hey, friends, this Saturday, I'm going to be tripping balls for science. I'm going to do 5 grams of magic mushrooms. Some recent evidence showed that psilocybin had some potential longevity effects in the body. And we're going to put it to the test. And like I normally do with all my experiments, we measure extensively. You can see here, I'm about to get my blood drawn and I'm going to put on screen all of the tests we're going to do. But in all, I suspect we probably have, like a couple hundred biomarkers in total. We're casting a really wide net. Typically, people do studies, they say, does this thing affect that thing? We're looking at a whole bunch of stuff from my brain to my DNA to my microbiome, all kinds of markers. So if you would like me to live stream during Sunday's treatment, let me know. I'm currently undecided. I think that could potentially be a disastrous idea. It could also be really funny and fun. Maybe it will be therapy for both of us. So let me know. I'm excited for this.
