Friedberg cites recent paper showing 40-60% of population has T-cell immunity to COVID from prior common cold exposure.
“And the reason is that they've had other coronaviruses through a common cold and they've developed this immune response.”
Friedberg proposes two separate programs for highly skilled workers, citing Operation Paperclip which recruited 1,600 German scientists between 1945-1959.
“Well, I think there should be two separate programs for what we could call highly skilled workers.”
Friedberg states majority of scientific papers across nearly every domain are now published from China.
“If you look at papers being published across mainstream scientific journals, the majority of papers today across nearly every scientific domain are being published out of China.”
Friedberg explains 100 mega electron volt protons can shred DNA and circuits at microscopic level during solar storms.
“The green one is actually 100 mega electron volts. This is a massive amount of energy in a proton that can cause serious damage on a microscopic level. So it can shred DNA, for example.”
Friedberg states Chinese scientific publications went from half of US levels in 2015 to 50% more than US now.
“a statistic. In twenty fifteen, ten years ago, papers published by Chinese research labs and major scientific journals were about half of The United States. Yeah. Now 50% more than The United States.”
Friedberg explains CML is the predominant aging molecule in extracellular matrix that nothing naturally breaks down.
“CML is kind of the predominant molecule that that gets formed in this extracellular matrix that's driving aging, and nothing breaks it down. So these scientists set out to try and create an enzyme.”
Friedberg expresses willingness to bet his career on challenging the prevailing direction of his field.
“Hey, I think my field is going in entirely the wrong direction, and I’m willing to bet my career on it. Don’t interfere.”
Friedberg says his group recognizes they are at the beginning of understanding something and lack complete knowledge.
“We know that we don’t know everything. We’re just at the beginning. We’re just getting started.”