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To live forever? 6 00:00:23,598 --> 00:00:26,692 Throughout history, many have searched for the secret 7 00:00:26,851 --> 00:00:28,769 to everlasting life, 8 00:00:28,853 --> 00:00:32,856 but so far, they've all run out of time. 9 00:00:32,949 --> 00:00:39,112 But what if by re-examining ancient teachings 10 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:43,033 and harnessing modern technology 11 00:00:43,126 --> 00:00:47,713 we could, one day, actually become 12 00:00:47,872 --> 00:00:49,631 immortal? 13 00:00:49,716 --> 00:00:54,303 Well, that's what we'll try and find out. 14 00:01:11,404 --> 00:01:15,491 Spanish conquistadors, led by explorer Ponce de Le贸n, 15 00:01:15,575 --> 00:01:19,736 land on the coast of Florida and claim the area for Spain. 16 00:01:19,829 --> 00:01:22,164 But Ponce de Le贸n is not only in search 17 00:01:22,323 --> 00:01:24,825 of new territory to conquer. 18 00:01:24,909 --> 00:01:27,077 He's also looking for a mystical spring 19 00:01:27,161 --> 00:01:32,165 said to contain magical, life-giving waters: 20 00:01:32,258 --> 00:01:35,427 The Fountain of Youth. 21 00:01:35,586 --> 00:01:39,256 Ponce de Le贸n had been told a number of different tales 22 00:01:39,340 --> 00:01:44,094 from the peoples who inhabited the Caribbean and the Bahamas 23 00:01:44,187 --> 00:01:48,431 of this mythical pool or well, 24 00:01:48,525 --> 00:01:51,768 which, if you entered into the waters, 25 00:01:51,853 --> 00:01:55,280 you would immediately achieve rejuvenation. 26 00:01:55,439 --> 00:01:59,109 It would turn back the years quite literally. 27 00:01:59,193 --> 00:02:01,745 And this was the so-called Fountain of Youth. 28 00:02:03,706 --> 00:02:07,617 This is a magical utopian story that was passed around. 29 00:02:07,702 --> 00:02:10,546 The well that would give you a more youthful energy, 30 00:02:10,705 --> 00:02:12,789 give you a longer span of life. 31 00:02:12,874 --> 00:02:14,967 We don't know how much metaphor was involved, 32 00:02:15,126 --> 00:02:19,212 but Ponce de Le贸n took it quite literally and looked for it. 33 00:02:19,297 --> 00:02:22,975 If there actually is a Fountain of Youth located 34 00:02:23,134 --> 00:02:25,552 somewhere in Florida then it's certain that 35 00:02:25,645 --> 00:02:30,065 Ponce de Le贸n never found it, because he died in 1521. 36 00:02:30,224 --> 00:02:33,986 But over the centuries, many have believed the incredible 37 00:02:34,145 --> 00:02:38,899 notion that fountains of youth exist in secret locations 38 00:02:38,983 --> 00:02:40,650 all over the world. 39 00:02:41,903 --> 00:02:45,488 The story of magical springs and restorative wells 40 00:02:45,573 --> 00:02:47,824 shows up in many different cultures. 41 00:02:47,917 --> 00:02:52,337 Now, this is legend. This is folklore. 42 00:02:52,422 --> 00:02:56,750 But people love stories about immortality because 43 00:02:56,843 --> 00:02:58,251 we want to go on. 44 00:02:58,344 --> 00:03:01,346 We are wired to survive. 45 00:03:01,431 --> 00:03:05,425 Our brain chemistry fights for us to be alive. 46 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:09,938 It's easy to understand the appeal of legendary tales 47 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,849 about magical waters that bestow eternal life. 48 00:03:12,934 --> 00:03:17,187 But is it really possible that, somewhere in the world, 49 00:03:17,271 --> 00:03:21,116 a real-life Fountain of Youth could actually exist? 50 00:03:26,864 --> 00:03:30,784 This small island, located in the Aegean Sea, 51 00:03:30,877 --> 00:03:34,796 is home to about 8,000 people. 52 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:37,799 In recent years, Ikaria has become world-renowned, 53 00:03:37,959 --> 00:03:39,626 not only for its pristine beaches 54 00:03:39,719 --> 00:03:42,212 and magnificent views, 55 00:03:42,296 --> 00:03:44,464 but also because a staggering number 56 00:03:44,548 --> 00:03:48,060 of the residents of this island live longer 57 00:03:48,144 --> 00:03:51,721 than most others on Earth. 58 00:03:51,814 --> 00:03:54,483 The Island of Ikaria is a place of extraordinary 59 00:03:54,642 --> 00:03:58,403 longevity for the people who live there. 60 00:03:58,488 --> 00:04:02,658 One in three people who live there reach a lifespan 61 00:04:02,742 --> 00:04:06,319 well into their 90s, and it has one of the highest 62 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:08,580 concentrations of centenarians... 63 00:04:08,739 --> 00:04:11,157 People who live to be 100 or more... 64 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:12,417 Anywhere in the world. 65 00:04:12,576 --> 00:04:16,171 The people of Ikaria live very, very long lives. 66 00:04:50,865 --> 00:04:53,792 They end up working late into life. 67 00:04:53,951 --> 00:04:56,712 We've even seen people who are shepherding 68 00:04:56,871 --> 00:04:58,380 over the age of 100. 69 00:04:59,540 --> 00:05:01,550 Right now, in the United States the average 70 00:05:01,709 --> 00:05:04,303 life expectancy is 77 years. 71 00:05:04,462 --> 00:05:08,048 In Ikaria they live, on average, ten years 72 00:05:08,132 --> 00:05:09,891 longer than the average American. 73 00:05:10,051 --> 00:05:12,135 Studies have consistently shown 74 00:05:12,228 --> 00:05:14,062 that Ikarians live remarkably long 75 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:16,231 and surprisingly active lives. 76 00:05:16,316 --> 00:05:18,308 But why? 77 00:05:18,401 --> 00:05:21,478 Lifestyle and genetics may play a role, 78 00:05:21,571 --> 00:05:24,230 but the people of Ikaria believe the secret 79 00:05:24,324 --> 00:05:25,899 lies in their very own 80 00:05:25,992 --> 00:05:29,235 fountain of youth. 81 00:05:29,320 --> 00:05:32,405 They credit several natural hot springs 82 00:05:32,498 --> 00:05:35,325 that are located at various places throughout the island. 83 00:05:35,418 --> 00:05:38,078 And these springs are referred to 84 00:05:38,162 --> 00:05:41,298 as the Immortal Waters. 85 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:45,927 The Springs of Ikaria are called the immortal waters 86 00:05:46,087 --> 00:05:49,348 because for millennia they have 87 00:05:49,507 --> 00:05:52,142 been known to have extraordinary healing powers. 88 00:05:53,936 --> 00:05:56,605 People came from all over, not just the Aegean, 89 00:05:56,764 --> 00:05:59,349 but Asia Minor for thousands of years 90 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:01,526 to experience the healing waters. 91 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:18,595 If Ikaria's so-called Immortal Waters 92 00:07:18,688 --> 00:07:20,689 are a real-life fountain of youth, 93 00:07:20,848 --> 00:07:22,274 then it begs the question, 94 00:07:22,433 --> 00:07:24,443 what's in the water? 95 00:07:24,602 --> 00:07:27,520 Well, a study published in the scientific journal 96 00:07:27,605 --> 00:07:31,191 Advances in Nuclear Physics in 1996 97 00:07:31,284 --> 00:07:34,369 may provide a surprising clue. 98 00:07:34,454 --> 00:07:37,289 The Immortal Waters are actually 99 00:07:37,448 --> 00:07:39,365 radioactive. 100 00:07:39,450 --> 00:07:41,376 This Greek island in particular 101 00:07:41,535 --> 00:07:45,630 has quantities of granite which do have radioactive by-products. 102 00:07:45,789 --> 00:07:48,791 And one of the decay products is radon gas. 103 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:51,628 We're talking about microscopic quantities 104 00:07:51,712 --> 00:07:53,889 of radiation. Even though large 105 00:07:53,973 --> 00:07:55,632 quantities of radon will kill you, 106 00:07:55,716 --> 00:07:57,392 small quantities of radon 107 00:07:57,551 --> 00:07:59,144 may actually be beneficial. 108 00:07:59,303 --> 00:08:00,887 It's like a vaccine. 109 00:08:00,980 --> 00:08:04,065 Vaccinations give you a little bit of a virus, 110 00:08:04,225 --> 00:08:06,067 which of course is a bad thing, 111 00:08:06,152 --> 00:08:09,488 but a teeny bit of a virus or fragments of a virus 112 00:08:09,647 --> 00:08:12,065 stimulate your immune system to attack the virus. 113 00:08:12,149 --> 00:08:15,652 So some people think that maybe radiation could be the same. 114 00:08:15,736 --> 00:08:19,414 Could a naturally perfect dosage of radiation 115 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:22,075 actually be the reason why Ikaria's Immortal Waters 116 00:08:22,168 --> 00:08:25,420 seem to have restorative powers? 117 00:08:25,505 --> 00:08:28,331 If the number of Ikarians over the age of 100 118 00:08:28,424 --> 00:08:31,167 is any indication, the answer appears to be 119 00:08:31,252 --> 00:08:32,969 a resounding yes. 120 00:09:07,871 --> 00:09:10,623 Whether or not Ikaria is the site 121 00:09:10,708 --> 00:09:12,717 of a real-life fountain of youth, 122 00:09:12,802 --> 00:09:15,637 there are those who believe the key to immortality 123 00:09:15,796 --> 00:09:17,880 won't be found by immersing yourself 124 00:09:17,965 --> 00:09:20,300 in magical waters 125 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:22,811 but rather by connecting 126 00:09:22,895 --> 00:09:24,396 to a higher power. 127 00:09:31,153 --> 00:09:32,654 This ancient city 128 00:09:32,813 --> 00:09:35,740 overlooking the sacred Ganges River 129 00:09:35,899 --> 00:09:38,994 is one of the holiest in the Hindu religion. 130 00:09:40,329 --> 00:09:43,156 For thousands of years, worshippers have come 131 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:46,167 to this site to perform meditation and prayer. 132 00:09:46,327 --> 00:09:48,244 In ancient times, 133 00:09:48,337 --> 00:09:51,080 Hindu holy men know as swamis 134 00:09:51,173 --> 00:09:54,259 were said to have used these rituals to attain 135 00:09:54,343 --> 00:09:56,511 eternal life. 136 00:09:58,672 --> 00:10:00,590 In the Yoga Sutras, 137 00:10:00,683 --> 00:10:02,842 there's a whole chapter called "Vibhuti Pada." 138 00:10:02,935 --> 00:10:05,437 Where Patanjali explains 139 00:10:05,596 --> 00:10:08,848 how by certain meditative practices, 140 00:10:08,941 --> 00:10:11,434 one can get these powers 141 00:10:11,518 --> 00:10:15,113 to extend the lifespan of a particular body. 142 00:10:15,272 --> 00:10:18,775 In India, you have a long history 143 00:10:18,868 --> 00:10:21,444 of holy people, swamis, who've 144 00:10:21,528 --> 00:10:24,280 been able to figure out how the world works, 145 00:10:24,373 --> 00:10:26,282 how their body works, how the universe works, 146 00:10:26,367 --> 00:10:28,627 and are able to live very, very long, 147 00:10:28,786 --> 00:10:29,869 uh, periods of time. 148 00:10:29,962 --> 00:10:31,954 You have Devraha Baba, 149 00:10:32,039 --> 00:10:34,549 who died in 1990, 150 00:10:34,708 --> 00:10:37,969 and was believed to be 250 years old. 151 00:10:38,054 --> 00:10:41,556 Swami Trailanga, who died in 1887, 152 00:10:41,715 --> 00:10:44,643 believed to be, you know, 280 years old. 153 00:10:44,802 --> 00:10:48,480 If you would ask most Indians about long-lived 154 00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:51,224 yogis and swamis, one of the names that will 155 00:10:51,317 --> 00:10:54,069 almost inevitably come up is that of Trailanga Swami. 156 00:10:54,228 --> 00:10:57,980 And he was observed by not only many Indians in Banaras, 157 00:10:58,074 --> 00:11:00,575 but also by the British authorities 158 00:11:00,734 --> 00:11:02,994 there in the late 19th century. 159 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:06,239 So a lot of what he said and taught and did 160 00:11:06,323 --> 00:11:09,909 has been documented and recorded by many witnesses. 161 00:11:09,993 --> 00:11:13,088 They testify to his extraordinary long life. 162 00:11:13,247 --> 00:11:15,757 For many, it may be hard 163 00:11:15,916 --> 00:11:17,509 to believe that daily prayer 164 00:11:17,593 --> 00:11:20,086 and meditation can provide 165 00:11:20,170 --> 00:11:22,505 age-defying powers. 166 00:11:22,589 --> 00:11:26,175 But Hindu mystics aren't the only examples of people 167 00:11:26,268 --> 00:11:29,011 who are believed to have used the power of faith 168 00:11:29,105 --> 00:11:33,182 to live for hundreds of years. 169 00:11:33,267 --> 00:11:35,860 If we look at the Bible, we have these great stories 170 00:11:36,019 --> 00:11:39,614 of holy people who've lived tremendous amounts of time. 171 00:11:39,699 --> 00:11:44,110 The Bible says Methuselah lives for 969 years. 172 00:11:44,194 --> 00:11:47,363 Noah lives for 950 years. 173 00:11:47,448 --> 00:11:50,700 Adam lives for 930 years. 174 00:11:50,784 --> 00:11:54,295 So these are tremendous lifespans of people living, 175 00:11:54,380 --> 00:11:57,373 according to the biblical text, of almost 1,000 years. 176 00:11:57,466 --> 00:12:00,802 Many in modern times question, 177 00:12:00,886 --> 00:12:03,388 is this to be taken literally? 178 00:12:03,472 --> 00:12:06,549 Did people really live that long? 179 00:12:06,642 --> 00:12:08,977 And the answer from tradition is, 180 00:12:09,061 --> 00:12:10,562 yes, they did. 181 00:12:10,721 --> 00:12:12,230 This is nothing new. 182 00:12:12,314 --> 00:12:15,900 This has very ancient foundations. 183 00:12:16,059 --> 00:12:19,320 Very well documented in the biblical traditions, 184 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:22,574 but equally well known in traditions around the world. 185 00:12:22,658 --> 00:12:25,910 Regardless of the culture, 186 00:12:26,069 --> 00:12:30,665 there's many legends about the Taoist immortals, 187 00:12:30,824 --> 00:12:33,326 or about the Tibetan immortals, 188 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:36,921 as there are amongst the Hebraic immortals. 189 00:12:38,248 --> 00:12:40,333 There is this idea that because these people 190 00:12:40,426 --> 00:12:43,169 are literally directly 191 00:12:43,253 --> 00:12:46,681 communicating with the divine, with God, 192 00:12:46,766 --> 00:12:49,008 are they given other instructions? 193 00:12:49,101 --> 00:12:51,260 Are they given other secrets? 194 00:12:51,353 --> 00:12:53,346 Are they given other kinds of hints 195 00:12:53,439 --> 00:12:55,356 that allow them to 196 00:12:55,516 --> 00:12:57,934 live much longer lives than we live? 197 00:12:58,018 --> 00:13:00,695 Is it really possible that those with a deeper 198 00:13:00,780 --> 00:13:04,699 spiritual connection to the divine age more slowly? 199 00:13:04,858 --> 00:13:07,202 And can potentially develop 200 00:13:07,361 --> 00:13:10,363 the power to live hundreds of years? 201 00:13:10,447 --> 00:13:13,374 Perhaps the answer can be found by examining 202 00:13:13,459 --> 00:13:17,462 a Hindu swami who has performed meditation and prayer 203 00:13:17,546 --> 00:13:20,122 every morning without fail 204 00:13:20,207 --> 00:13:22,634 for over a hundred years. 205 00:13:39,985 --> 00:13:41,986 At 125 years old, 206 00:13:42,145 --> 00:13:45,573 Swami Sivananda practices a strict daily regimen 207 00:13:45,732 --> 00:13:48,234 of meditation and exercise, 208 00:13:48,327 --> 00:13:50,245 which he credits as the reason 209 00:13:50,329 --> 00:13:52,238 for his incredible longevity. 210 00:13:52,322 --> 00:13:56,167 The practice is a sacred Hindu ritual 211 00:13:56,326 --> 00:13:59,838 known as Pranayama. 212 00:14:15,762 --> 00:14:18,857 When such an advanced spiritual practitioner 213 00:14:19,016 --> 00:14:22,193 sits in meditation, what they are actually doing is 214 00:14:22,352 --> 00:14:25,688 obviously quieting the body, making it absolutely still. 215 00:14:25,781 --> 00:14:27,773 Then they are quieting the breath. 216 00:14:27,867 --> 00:14:29,775 It means slowing it down 217 00:14:29,869 --> 00:14:32,612 even to the point of actually stopping sometimes. 218 00:14:32,696 --> 00:14:35,031 It's one of the teachings in Vedanta 219 00:14:35,115 --> 00:14:38,710 that by certain meditative practices 220 00:14:38,794 --> 00:14:41,037 the lifespan of the swami or the monk 221 00:14:41,130 --> 00:14:45,124 is extended by the will of God... 222 00:14:45,217 --> 00:14:47,543 so that person can remain as a sort of continuous 223 00:14:47,628 --> 00:14:50,212 living blessing to those around him. 224 00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:54,550 From a modern medical perspective, 225 00:14:54,635 --> 00:14:58,313 Pranayama has many different physiological benefits. 226 00:14:58,472 --> 00:15:00,890 There was actually a study done 227 00:15:00,983 --> 00:15:03,568 that looked at things such as 228 00:15:03,727 --> 00:15:08,239 life purpose, ability to find peace within, 229 00:15:08,398 --> 00:15:11,651 and connection to something greater than us. 230 00:15:11,744 --> 00:15:14,662 And when people score higher on these spiritual 231 00:15:14,821 --> 00:15:17,573 health scales, it's actually 232 00:15:17,666 --> 00:15:20,418 corelated with greater health outcomes 233 00:15:20,502 --> 00:15:22,086 and longevity. 234 00:15:23,839 --> 00:15:27,583 And one of the fascinating things about swamis 235 00:15:27,676 --> 00:15:30,762 or any yogi who's extremely practiced, 236 00:15:30,921 --> 00:15:33,839 is that they reduce 237 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:36,926 their metabolism by 64%. 238 00:15:37,019 --> 00:15:40,680 So, basically, they're using 64% 239 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:44,183 less energy to have basic body functions. 240 00:15:44,267 --> 00:15:47,111 Does the simple act 241 00:15:47,196 --> 00:15:49,105 of slowing down the mind and body 242 00:15:49,198 --> 00:15:51,449 through prayer or meditative practice, 243 00:15:51,533 --> 00:15:54,694 such as Pranayama, 244 00:15:54,778 --> 00:15:57,363 have the power to increase our lifespans? 245 00:15:57,447 --> 00:15:59,958 And if so, is it possible 246 00:16:00,042 --> 00:16:02,627 that by mastering these practices, 247 00:16:02,786 --> 00:16:04,870 we could all live into our hundreds 248 00:16:04,955 --> 00:16:07,298 just like Hindu swamis? 249 00:16:07,457 --> 00:16:09,959 There definitely are capacities 250 00:16:10,052 --> 00:16:12,720 of the mind which we are not aware of 251 00:16:12,879 --> 00:16:15,047 and which we are not using, 252 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:17,118 and it's a matter of practice and discovering these abilities 253 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:19,769 and manifesting them. 254 00:16:36,912 --> 00:16:40,498 There are many who believe that the swamis' incredible longevity 255 00:16:40,582 --> 00:16:43,659 is a testament to the power of prayer as a way 256 00:16:43,744 --> 00:16:45,745 to connect us to the divine 257 00:16:45,838 --> 00:16:47,964 and extend our lives. 258 00:16:49,508 --> 00:16:52,343 But there are others who claim that the secret 259 00:16:52,502 --> 00:16:55,254 to immortality lies not in staying alive, 260 00:16:55,338 --> 00:16:57,673 but rather by dying, 261 00:16:57,758 --> 00:17:00,476 and being reborn. 262 00:17:10,437 --> 00:17:12,104 Three-year-old Dorothy Eady 263 00:17:12,197 --> 00:17:14,023 takes a traumatic tumble 264 00:17:14,116 --> 00:17:16,534 down the stairs of her family's home. 265 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:21,614 Her injuries, while serious, are not life-threatening. 266 00:17:21,698 --> 00:17:24,450 But they are life-changing. 267 00:17:24,534 --> 00:17:27,870 Because in the years after her accident, 268 00:17:27,963 --> 00:17:30,539 Dorothy Eady begins recalling memories 269 00:17:30,632 --> 00:17:33,718 from what she claims to be a past life. 270 00:17:35,462 --> 00:17:38,222 The story goes that she fell down the stairs, 271 00:17:38,307 --> 00:17:41,717 had a head trauma and actually died and then returned to life. 272 00:17:41,802 --> 00:17:44,553 And then when she came back to life, 273 00:17:44,638 --> 00:17:46,388 um, after hitting her head, 274 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:49,225 she had later experiences where she seemed 275 00:17:49,318 --> 00:17:52,236 to know things about ancient Egypt 276 00:17:52,321 --> 00:17:54,072 that she really should not have known. 277 00:17:55,657 --> 00:17:58,150 Her dad would take her to the British Museum. 278 00:17:58,243 --> 00:18:00,995 And when she went there, 279 00:18:01,080 --> 00:18:06,408 she saw images and artifacts from the New Kingdom of Egypt. 280 00:18:06,493 --> 00:18:09,912 And said, "This is home." 281 00:18:09,996 --> 00:18:13,999 And she became obsessed with ancient Egypt. 282 00:18:14,093 --> 00:18:17,345 Dorothy Eady was able to read some hieroglyphs 283 00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:19,338 from the time that she was ten years old. 284 00:18:19,422 --> 00:18:23,518 And from the time that she was a teenager she was essentially 285 00:18:23,602 --> 00:18:27,012 writing in a type of hieroglyphic script. 286 00:18:27,106 --> 00:18:31,109 Then as she got older, she claimed to have 287 00:18:31,193 --> 00:18:35,530 been reincarnated from a priestess 288 00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:38,274 in ancient Egypt that 289 00:18:38,358 --> 00:18:42,027 was in a relationship with King Seti I, 290 00:18:42,112 --> 00:18:43,913 the builder of the Temple of Abydos. 291 00:18:46,283 --> 00:18:48,367 Dorothy Eady's claims of a past life 292 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:50,452 may seem far-fetched, 293 00:18:50,546 --> 00:18:52,788 but the truth is that many cultures 294 00:18:52,881 --> 00:18:55,466 believe that our souls are immortal 295 00:18:55,551 --> 00:18:58,886 and can be reborn again and again, 296 00:18:58,971 --> 00:19:02,890 leaping into new bodies each time we die. 297 00:19:03,892 --> 00:19:07,061 But could such an incredible notion 298 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:10,139 actually be possible? 299 00:19:10,232 --> 00:19:12,567 So reincarnation literally is 300 00:19:12,651 --> 00:19:15,820 this idea that we may live multiple lives. 301 00:19:15,979 --> 00:19:17,980 We don't just live one life. We live a life, 302 00:19:18,064 --> 00:19:20,399 we die, and we're reborn. 303 00:19:20,483 --> 00:19:22,484 We're reborn back into a physical body. 304 00:19:23,820 --> 00:19:27,248 For example, Tibetan Buddhists believe the Dalai Lama is 305 00:19:27,407 --> 00:19:30,334 a reincarnation of Avalokiteshvara, 306 00:19:30,419 --> 00:19:32,828 the goddess of compassion. 307 00:19:32,921 --> 00:19:34,580 And when the previous Dalai Lama dies, 308 00:19:34,664 --> 00:19:37,833 they look for a boy born with certain signs. 309 00:19:37,918 --> 00:19:41,503 And so there's a great story about the modern 310 00:19:41,597 --> 00:19:44,432 Dalai Lama that as a young child he was 311 00:19:44,591 --> 00:19:48,928 brought into the monastery and he points to a-a bookcase, 312 00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:50,498 says, "My teeth are in there, my teeth are in there." 313 00:19:50,522 --> 00:19:51,741 And they open it up and of course, 314 00:19:51,765 --> 00:19:54,275 it's the teeth of the previous Dalai Lama. 315 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:56,769 And so you do have people who have 316 00:19:56,853 --> 00:19:58,687 that sense of awareness 317 00:19:58,772 --> 00:20:01,115 of something that's happened in the past. 318 00:20:01,274 --> 00:20:03,201 They've lived a past life. 319 00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:07,029 The Kabbalah teaches that human souls 320 00:20:07,122 --> 00:20:10,124 have a purpose as ordained by God 321 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:12,710 to learn while here on Earth. 322 00:20:12,794 --> 00:20:15,630 And sometimes 323 00:20:15,789 --> 00:20:18,299 a single lifetime is not enough 324 00:20:18,383 --> 00:20:21,302 to fulfill the mission and the cause for which God 325 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:24,880 has ordained that we be born here on Earth. 326 00:20:24,965 --> 00:20:29,218 And therefore, souls will come back. 327 00:20:30,470 --> 00:20:34,223 A lot of people who have, uh, past-life cases 328 00:20:34,307 --> 00:20:36,809 tend to be connected to trauma. 329 00:20:36,893 --> 00:20:38,978 I think that was the case with-with Dorothy. 330 00:20:39,071 --> 00:20:42,531 It could be something to do with, um, her own head trauma. 331 00:20:44,401 --> 00:20:47,319 There's been a lot of research that tries to say 332 00:20:47,404 --> 00:20:49,238 there is a soul that gets reincarnated, 333 00:20:49,331 --> 00:20:52,157 but I think we can't really know 334 00:20:52,242 --> 00:20:54,252 exactly what's happening, 335 00:20:54,411 --> 00:20:56,745 um, when people are having these-these memories. 336 00:20:56,830 --> 00:20:59,257 In the case of Dorothy Eady, 337 00:20:59,341 --> 00:21:02,176 her accurate recollections of life in ancient Egypt 338 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,011 were astounding. 339 00:21:04,096 --> 00:21:06,255 At the age of 29, Dorothy moved to Egypt, 340 00:21:06,339 --> 00:21:09,174 married, and gave birth to a son, 341 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:11,769 who she named Sety 342 00:21:11,928 --> 00:21:15,431 to reflect her connection with the ancient pharaoh. 343 00:21:15,524 --> 00:21:18,183 She would eventually be called Omm Sety 344 00:21:18,277 --> 00:21:20,695 or Mother of Sety. 345 00:21:20,854 --> 00:21:22,604 While not formally trained, 346 00:21:22,689 --> 00:21:25,107 Dorothy became a well-respected colleague 347 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,193 of many of the world's foremost Egyptologists, 348 00:21:28,278 --> 00:21:31,447 spending 50 years working as a draftswoman, 349 00:21:31,531 --> 00:21:34,709 writer and unconventional historian. 350 00:21:34,793 --> 00:21:37,536 After spending time with Omm Sety, 351 00:21:37,629 --> 00:21:42,041 many experts began to believe that her incredible stories 352 00:21:42,125 --> 00:21:45,210 might actually be true. 353 00:21:45,295 --> 00:21:46,295 Omm Sety in this lifetime 354 00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:48,889 had extraordinary knowledge and memory 355 00:21:49,049 --> 00:21:51,300 of the workings of the Abydos Temple 356 00:21:51,384 --> 00:21:52,810 and the artwork within. 357 00:21:54,387 --> 00:21:55,896 The Temple of Abydos 358 00:21:55,981 --> 00:21:58,640 was the holy of holies for the Egyptian people. 359 00:21:58,734 --> 00:22:02,486 Omm Sety's arrival in Abydos was 360 00:22:02,645 --> 00:22:06,815 stunning for everyone involved because as an Englishwoman 361 00:22:06,900 --> 00:22:08,817 walking into the temple for the first time, 362 00:22:08,910 --> 00:22:11,912 she knew exactly where everything was. 363 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:15,499 She immediately knew how to find certain chambers. 364 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:17,636 She was able to even interpret some of the hieroglyphs 365 00:22:17,660 --> 00:22:19,503 in the dark. 366 00:22:19,588 --> 00:22:21,497 The head Egyptologist 367 00:22:21,590 --> 00:22:23,257 took her to a place in the temple 368 00:22:23,342 --> 00:22:26,251 where he knew she wouldn't know the answers to 369 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:28,253 because it wasn't published yet. 370 00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:29,680 He himself was the one 371 00:22:29,765 --> 00:22:31,757 that translated every part of it. 372 00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:34,852 Took him months. But if Omm Sety 373 00:22:35,011 --> 00:22:38,439 is truly a reincarnated priestess of Egypt, 374 00:22:38,598 --> 00:22:40,191 then she would know. 375 00:22:40,275 --> 00:22:43,110 And she knew every part of that wall. 376 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:46,772 So, either she was 377 00:22:46,856 --> 00:22:48,941 really good at ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs 378 00:22:49,025 --> 00:22:53,662 or she truly was a reincarnated ancient Egyptian priestess. 379 00:22:55,448 --> 00:22:58,626 Omm Sety became one of the most important Egyptologists, 380 00:22:58,710 --> 00:23:01,295 one of the most important translators of hieroglyphs 381 00:23:01,380 --> 00:23:04,873 in the world, and she didn't have a formal education. 382 00:23:04,958 --> 00:23:06,884 The story of Dorothy Eady 383 00:23:06,968 --> 00:23:09,637 is arguably the single most convincing account 384 00:23:09,721 --> 00:23:10,721 of reincarnation 385 00:23:10,806 --> 00:23:12,473 that we have anywhere in history. 386 00:23:12,632 --> 00:23:16,135 There are many who believe that Dorothy Eady's story 387 00:23:16,219 --> 00:23:20,389 proves that reincarnation is, in fact, real. 388 00:23:20,482 --> 00:23:24,643 But if our souls are really born again 389 00:23:24,736 --> 00:23:27,896 into new bodies after we die, 390 00:23:27,989 --> 00:23:30,983 why do only some of us recall memories 391 00:23:31,067 --> 00:23:33,828 from our past lives? 392 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:36,488 If you look at the past life research 393 00:23:36,581 --> 00:23:39,324 and you look at the cases that seem a bit more intriguing, 394 00:23:39,418 --> 00:23:41,660 i.e., they seem to be 395 00:23:41,753 --> 00:23:44,413 providing stronger evidence for something anomalous going on, 396 00:23:44,506 --> 00:23:48,759 what we see is that it's people who died suddenly. 397 00:23:48,918 --> 00:23:52,087 It aligns with the idea of unfinished business. 398 00:23:52,172 --> 00:23:56,508 Even though Egyptians do not believe in reincarnation, 399 00:23:56,601 --> 00:23:58,927 the ones around Omm Sety 400 00:23:59,012 --> 00:24:03,023 would decide to actually believe that Omm Sety's story... 401 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:05,767 It's a little bit too much for coincidence. 402 00:24:05,861 --> 00:24:08,362 While the case of Dorothy Eady 403 00:24:08,521 --> 00:24:11,273 does offer possible evidence 404 00:24:11,357 --> 00:24:13,701 that our souls are immortal 405 00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:16,612 and pass from one body to another, 406 00:24:16,705 --> 00:24:18,706 what about those who aren't quite ready 407 00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:20,708 to give up the bodies they currently have? 408 00:24:20,792 --> 00:24:22,209 Well, 409 00:24:22,294 --> 00:24:25,787 scientists have developed a rather bizarre technique 410 00:24:25,872 --> 00:24:29,383 that might allow people to live forever 411 00:24:29,468 --> 00:24:31,469 by keeping them frozen 412 00:24:31,553 --> 00:24:33,429 for centuries. 413 00:24:39,394 --> 00:24:41,228 In a sprawling industrial park 414 00:24:41,313 --> 00:24:43,972 on the north side of the city stands the headquarters 415 00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:46,808 of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. 416 00:24:46,902 --> 00:24:49,561 Like most cutting-edge medical facilities, 417 00:24:49,654 --> 00:24:52,907 the doctors and scientists here work day and night 418 00:24:53,066 --> 00:24:55,075 to provide care for their patients. 419 00:24:55,235 --> 00:24:57,402 Except in the case of Alcor, 420 00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:58,746 the patients... 421 00:24:59,906 --> 00:25:02,574 are all deceased. 422 00:25:02,659 --> 00:25:05,419 In our view, people who are declared legally dead today 423 00:25:05,578 --> 00:25:06,995 are potentially revivable. 424 00:25:07,080 --> 00:25:09,998 Alcor's mission is to take a patient 425 00:25:10,083 --> 00:25:13,761 who cannot be helped by today's medicine into the future 426 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:15,231 where hopefully more advanced technology 427 00:25:15,255 --> 00:25:16,680 can repair and revive them. 428 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,176 We're here in Alcor's patient care bay. 429 00:25:21,261 --> 00:25:24,012 In this room, we have all 184 of our human patients 430 00:25:24,097 --> 00:25:25,931 in these dewars, these cryogenic dewars. 431 00:25:26,024 --> 00:25:29,693 Essentially very large, expensive vacuum flasks. 432 00:25:29,852 --> 00:25:30,769 So, in each one of these containers, 433 00:25:30,853 --> 00:25:32,521 there are four whole-body patients. 434 00:25:32,605 --> 00:25:34,448 On this side, you can see 435 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:36,252 that I can put my hand on here without any problem, 436 00:25:36,276 --> 00:25:39,703 but just a few inches further in is minus 320 Fahrenheit. 437 00:25:39,862 --> 00:25:40,862 It's extremely cold. 438 00:25:40,956 --> 00:25:42,623 People say 439 00:25:42,782 --> 00:25:44,018 that we freeze people colloquially, 440 00:25:44,042 --> 00:25:47,044 but that's not strictly accurate if we do it right. 441 00:25:47,128 --> 00:25:50,548 Our patients are essentially in something like a long-term coma, 442 00:25:50,707 --> 00:25:52,874 except there is no metabolic activity whatsoever. 443 00:25:54,127 --> 00:25:57,879 To date, 184 deceased patients lie in deep freeze 444 00:25:57,964 --> 00:25:59,548 within Alcor's facility 445 00:25:59,632 --> 00:26:00,966 in the hope that one day, 446 00:26:01,050 --> 00:26:03,051 they'll be resurrected. 447 00:26:03,144 --> 00:26:05,971 This bizarre form of potential immortality 448 00:26:06,064 --> 00:26:09,233 is known as cryonics. 449 00:26:09,317 --> 00:26:10,401 Cryonics 450 00:26:10,560 --> 00:26:13,320 is the process of freezing the human body, 451 00:26:13,479 --> 00:26:15,739 perhaps just the human head, 452 00:26:15,898 --> 00:26:19,234 in order to stop the biological process of decay. 453 00:26:19,319 --> 00:26:21,161 So, the hope is 454 00:26:21,321 --> 00:26:23,330 if you could freeze somebody alive, 455 00:26:23,489 --> 00:26:25,490 even with an incurable disease, 456 00:26:25,584 --> 00:26:29,077 perhaps you can thaw them out at some point in the future 457 00:26:29,170 --> 00:26:32,923 when science has found the cure for that disease. 458 00:26:33,082 --> 00:26:36,677 In that sense, perhaps you can defeat cancer, 459 00:26:36,761 --> 00:26:39,254 defeat all the ravages of old age. 460 00:26:39,347 --> 00:26:41,599 Perhaps even become immortal. 461 00:26:41,758 --> 00:26:44,935 Professor Robert Ettinger, a physicist, 462 00:26:45,094 --> 00:26:46,774 started the cryonics movement in the 1960s, 463 00:26:46,846 --> 00:26:48,597 where he proposed 464 00:26:48,690 --> 00:26:50,515 to store people at ultracold temperatures 465 00:26:50,609 --> 00:26:52,434 where there's potential that future technology 466 00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:55,270 could repair and revive them. 467 00:26:55,363 --> 00:26:57,272 Right now, 468 00:26:57,365 --> 00:26:58,667 there are many companies that do this. 469 00:26:58,691 --> 00:27:01,526 There are hundreds of frozen individuals right now 470 00:27:01,611 --> 00:27:03,612 across the United States. 471 00:27:03,705 --> 00:27:06,365 Worldwide, it is estimated 472 00:27:06,458 --> 00:27:08,116 that at least 500 people 473 00:27:08,209 --> 00:27:11,462 have been placed in cryonic suspension, 474 00:27:11,546 --> 00:27:15,132 most notably Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams. 475 00:27:15,216 --> 00:27:17,551 There are even those who claim that Walt Disney's body 476 00:27:17,710 --> 00:27:21,055 is preserved in a cryonics facility. 477 00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:22,881 But is there any reason to believe 478 00:27:22,965 --> 00:27:25,059 that this strange process 479 00:27:25,218 --> 00:27:28,637 could actually work? 480 00:27:28,730 --> 00:27:31,556 If you live in the countryside, you know that come wintertime, 481 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:33,058 the lakes freeze over. 482 00:27:34,235 --> 00:27:36,904 But if you ever look right on top of the lakes, 483 00:27:37,063 --> 00:27:39,231 you'll see frozen organisms. 484 00:27:39,324 --> 00:27:41,566 Fish and frogs. 485 00:27:41,651 --> 00:27:44,486 And then come springtime, 486 00:27:44,579 --> 00:27:47,489 some of them spring back to life again 487 00:27:47,573 --> 00:27:50,492 when you thought they were frozen solid. 488 00:27:50,576 --> 00:27:52,086 What's the trick? 489 00:27:52,245 --> 00:27:53,995 The trick is that Mother Nature 490 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,331 has created an antifreeze 491 00:27:56,424 --> 00:27:59,084 to lower the freezing point for these animals 492 00:27:59,168 --> 00:28:03,681 such that even though it appears as if they're frozen solid, 493 00:28:03,765 --> 00:28:06,684 the bodily fluids inside these animals still flows 494 00:28:06,768 --> 00:28:10,011 and these animals are still alive 495 00:28:10,105 --> 00:28:11,596 even though their metabolism rate 496 00:28:11,690 --> 00:28:13,682 is very close to zero. 497 00:28:14,776 --> 00:28:17,277 So, in some sense, we're trying to copy nature. 498 00:28:17,437 --> 00:28:21,448 There's recorded instances of people falling into lakes, 499 00:28:21,607 --> 00:28:23,775 temporarily freezing 500 00:28:23,860 --> 00:28:26,537 and have no biological signs of activity 501 00:28:26,621 --> 00:28:29,998 that were thawed out successfully. 502 00:28:31,117 --> 00:28:32,626 For many decades, 503 00:28:32,711 --> 00:28:35,704 we've been experimenting with freezing tissue, 504 00:28:35,788 --> 00:28:38,540 and it turns out that some forms of tissue can, in fact, 505 00:28:38,633 --> 00:28:40,718 be frozen almost indefinitely. 506 00:28:40,877 --> 00:28:43,804 Look at sperm donors 507 00:28:43,888 --> 00:28:46,473 and the fact that you can have sperm cells, 508 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:48,475 egg cells frozen 509 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,302 so that the fertilization process 510 00:28:50,386 --> 00:28:52,637 can take place years later. 511 00:28:52,731 --> 00:28:56,150 And, so, we already live with a certain form of cryonics 512 00:28:56,309 --> 00:28:58,310 but at the cellular level. 513 00:28:58,403 --> 00:29:00,312 Scientists have explored 514 00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:03,657 the effects of low temperature on biology for many decades. 515 00:29:04,817 --> 00:29:06,568 We've been cryopreserving 516 00:29:06,652 --> 00:29:09,070 embryos and eggs and many other tissues. 517 00:29:09,164 --> 00:29:10,644 There are actually thousands of people 518 00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:12,460 walking around today who were cryopreserved. 519 00:29:12,500 --> 00:29:14,001 Just they were embryos at the time. 520 00:29:15,828 --> 00:29:18,163 Cryonics is controversial. 521 00:29:18,256 --> 00:29:20,415 Cryopreservation is used 522 00:29:20,508 --> 00:29:24,011 in fertility clinics to freeze embryos, 523 00:29:24,170 --> 00:29:25,397 but when it comes to the brain, 524 00:29:25,421 --> 00:29:27,589 actual freezing and revival of the brain 525 00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:30,592 is at very, very early stages, 526 00:29:30,676 --> 00:29:32,677 and we don't know 527 00:29:32,771 --> 00:29:34,763 whether a brain that is frozen 528 00:29:34,856 --> 00:29:38,266 using today's early, rough technology 529 00:29:38,351 --> 00:29:40,110 could actually be revived 530 00:29:40,269 --> 00:29:43,238 at some point in the distant future. 531 00:29:44,357 --> 00:29:46,525 According to the latest data, 532 00:29:46,609 --> 00:29:50,862 not a single human has survived cryonics, 533 00:29:50,947 --> 00:29:54,115 woken up afterwards and has lived to tell about it. 534 00:29:54,209 --> 00:29:57,118 And so scientists are skeptical. 535 00:29:57,203 --> 00:29:59,213 But that doesn't mean it's not possible. 536 00:29:59,297 --> 00:30:02,049 It just means that the technology of today 537 00:30:02,133 --> 00:30:04,301 is not yet advanced to that point. 538 00:30:05,461 --> 00:30:07,796 If cryonics is able to deliver 539 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:10,632 on its promise of immortality as many hope, 540 00:30:10,725 --> 00:30:13,560 could it eventually mean that death itself 541 00:30:13,719 --> 00:30:16,221 will one day come to an end? 542 00:30:16,314 --> 00:30:18,565 Cryonics really is about giving people choice 543 00:30:18,650 --> 00:30:20,141 over how long they live. 544 00:30:20,226 --> 00:30:21,893 We think that in the future, 545 00:30:21,986 --> 00:30:23,288 we should be able to revive cryonics patients 546 00:30:23,312 --> 00:30:24,729 and rejuvenate them 547 00:30:24,814 --> 00:30:26,898 and let them go about their lives again. 548 00:30:26,991 --> 00:30:28,817 What we want, really, is indefinite life span. 549 00:30:28,901 --> 00:30:30,986 If, in the future, 550 00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,572 someone can show that you could be revived 551 00:30:33,656 --> 00:30:35,991 after being frozen solid, 552 00:30:36,075 --> 00:30:39,411 then the whole question of immortality is on the table. 553 00:30:39,495 --> 00:30:41,338 We're not there yet, 554 00:30:41,497 --> 00:30:44,675 but there's no law of science that says you can't do it. 555 00:30:46,177 --> 00:30:50,013 Could freezing ourselves be the key to immortality? 556 00:30:50,172 --> 00:30:52,182 Only time will tell. 557 00:30:53,426 --> 00:30:56,177 But there are those who believe there's another key 558 00:30:56,262 --> 00:30:59,690 to unlocking the secret of everlasting life. 559 00:30:59,849 --> 00:31:01,016 What is it, you ask? 560 00:31:01,100 --> 00:31:03,026 Simple. 561 00:31:03,111 --> 00:31:05,988 Just reverse the process of aging. 562 00:31:13,195 --> 00:31:15,614 At a small camedical research facility. 563 00:31:15,698 --> 00:31:18,533 20 miles south of Los Angeles... 564 00:31:18,618 --> 00:31:20,869 This will sound believable to you, but prepare to get 565 00:31:20,962 --> 00:31:22,296 - even better in shape. - I know. 566 00:31:22,380 --> 00:31:24,631 pharmacologist Dr. Greg Fahy 567 00:31:24,716 --> 00:31:28,385 is conducting a groundbreaking clinical study. 568 00:31:28,469 --> 00:31:30,387 The purpose of the study 569 00:31:30,546 --> 00:31:32,973 is to find out if it's actually possible 570 00:31:33,132 --> 00:31:36,217 to make people younger. 571 00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:39,031 The number of birthdays that we've had so far 572 00:31:39,055 --> 00:31:41,398 tells us about our chronological age, 573 00:31:41,557 --> 00:31:44,067 but I think it's a common observation 574 00:31:44,226 --> 00:31:46,320 that not everybody ages at the same rate. 575 00:31:46,404 --> 00:31:48,813 There's a distinction to be made 576 00:31:48,907 --> 00:31:52,651 between chronological aging and biological aging. 577 00:31:52,744 --> 00:31:55,245 Some people at the age of 50 look like they're 40, 578 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:58,332 and some people at the age of 50 look like they're 70. 579 00:31:58,491 --> 00:32:00,500 So we need a better way 580 00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:02,994 of understanding what your true age is 581 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,589 rather than just the number of birthdays that you've had. 582 00:32:05,748 --> 00:32:09,334 And what we're trying to do is to prove 583 00:32:09,418 --> 00:32:11,670 that the clock of aging can run in reverse. 584 00:32:11,754 --> 00:32:13,922 A medical treatment 585 00:32:14,006 --> 00:32:17,592 that can reverse the clock of aging? 586 00:32:17,677 --> 00:32:20,938 Sounds too good to be true. 587 00:32:21,022 --> 00:32:24,691 But the idea that unusual medicines 588 00:32:24,776 --> 00:32:27,769 or magical substances 589 00:32:27,853 --> 00:32:31,272 can grant immortality has been around for centuries. 590 00:32:31,357 --> 00:32:35,193 In fact, descriptions of powerful antiaging remedies 591 00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:38,613 can be found in the traditions of ancient cultures 592 00:32:38,698 --> 00:32:41,124 around the world. 593 00:32:41,209 --> 00:32:43,043 You find all these kinds of elixirs 594 00:32:43,127 --> 00:32:44,786 in different traditions. 595 00:32:44,870 --> 00:32:47,798 So, in the Hindu tradition, 596 00:32:47,882 --> 00:32:51,459 you have this drink, amrita nectar, 597 00:32:51,544 --> 00:32:54,796 that gives you immortality. 598 00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,808 If you go to the Chinese traditions, 599 00:32:57,892 --> 00:33:02,053 you consume certain liquids, including mercury. 600 00:33:02,146 --> 00:33:06,057 And the medieval alchemy idea, the elixir of life, 601 00:33:06,150 --> 00:33:08,652 this thing 602 00:33:08,736 --> 00:33:11,989 that will give you everlasting life. 603 00:33:14,567 --> 00:33:17,327 Throughout history, kings, queens, emperors 604 00:33:17,412 --> 00:33:20,163 have tried to defy the aging process 605 00:33:20,248 --> 00:33:22,833 that they see every day in the mirror. 606 00:33:22,917 --> 00:33:24,826 But we now realize 607 00:33:24,910 --> 00:33:27,921 in principle, there's no law of physics 608 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,840 preventing immortality. 609 00:33:29,924 --> 00:33:33,176 Aging is the accumulation of mistakes 610 00:33:33,335 --> 00:33:37,597 as cells reproduce over a period of time. 611 00:33:37,682 --> 00:33:40,267 So if you can repair the damage, 612 00:33:40,351 --> 00:33:44,095 then perhaps you can live forever. 613 00:33:44,188 --> 00:33:46,773 Is it possible that modern science 614 00:33:46,858 --> 00:33:48,275 can develop treatments 615 00:33:48,359 --> 00:33:52,020 to actually make us forever young? 616 00:33:52,104 --> 00:33:54,865 According to the results of Dr. Fahy's research, 617 00:33:54,949 --> 00:33:56,616 it's not only possible 618 00:33:56,776 --> 00:33:59,786 but making people younger 619 00:33:59,871 --> 00:34:02,697 might be easier than we ever realized. 620 00:34:02,782 --> 00:34:05,375 And it all starts 621 00:34:05,460 --> 00:34:10,038 with rejuvenating the immune system. 622 00:34:10,122 --> 00:34:13,300 There's now evidence that immune system aging 623 00:34:13,459 --> 00:34:16,461 may be one of the pacemakers of aging generally speaking. 624 00:34:16,545 --> 00:34:19,556 I don't think it's a coincidence 625 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:21,549 that we all start to die about the time 626 00:34:21,634 --> 00:34:23,468 when we lose our immune system capacity. 627 00:34:23,552 --> 00:34:25,479 So if we could really restore 628 00:34:25,563 --> 00:34:28,815 the immune system to a youthful state, 629 00:34:28,974 --> 00:34:32,235 we should be able to reverse biological aging more generally. 630 00:34:33,488 --> 00:34:37,232 To test this theory, in 2015, Dr. Fahy 631 00:34:37,316 --> 00:34:39,826 began his study in collaboration with researchers 632 00:34:39,985 --> 00:34:41,828 at Stanford University. 633 00:34:41,913 --> 00:34:45,332 Nine men between the ages of 51 and 65 634 00:34:45,416 --> 00:34:47,501 were selected to participate. 635 00:34:47,585 --> 00:34:50,662 Four nights a week for one year, 636 00:34:50,755 --> 00:34:53,081 they were given an experimental injection combining 637 00:34:53,165 --> 00:34:55,166 three commonly available drugs, 638 00:34:55,251 --> 00:34:58,253 including human growth hormone. 639 00:34:58,337 --> 00:34:59,846 Dr. Fahy expected 640 00:34:59,931 --> 00:35:03,591 the combination would stimulate the patients' immune systems. 641 00:35:03,676 --> 00:35:05,844 But what he wasn't expecting 642 00:35:05,928 --> 00:35:08,438 were the amazing side effects. 643 00:35:08,523 --> 00:35:12,025 One year after they started treatment, 644 00:35:12,110 --> 00:35:15,019 we began to get some feedback from some of the volunteers. 645 00:35:15,104 --> 00:35:17,781 They said they felt very energized, 646 00:35:17,865 --> 00:35:20,534 that their mental capacity seemed to be improving. 647 00:35:20,618 --> 00:35:23,453 Losing weight, getting stronger. 648 00:35:23,538 --> 00:35:25,205 One of the guys had completely white hair 649 00:35:25,364 --> 00:35:26,706 when he entered the trial, 650 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:29,709 and after a while, his wife told him, 651 00:35:29,869 --> 00:35:34,038 "Hey, honey, you know, your hair seems to be getting darker." 652 00:35:34,123 --> 00:35:36,133 We were pretty floored when we actually saw it. 653 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:38,459 In 2019, 654 00:35:38,544 --> 00:35:40,879 the extraordinary results of Dr. Fahy's trial 655 00:35:40,963 --> 00:35:44,224 were published in the medical journal Aging Cell. 656 00:35:44,308 --> 00:35:45,725 According to the data, 657 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:48,887 analysis of the participants' blood 658 00:35:48,980 --> 00:35:52,315 revealed a number of incredible enhancements. 659 00:35:52,474 --> 00:35:54,058 Some of the things that we saw 660 00:35:54,143 --> 00:35:56,895 indicated that our volunteers were protected 661 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:59,990 against essentially all of the diseases of aging. 662 00:36:00,074 --> 00:36:02,659 Atherosclerosis, heart disease, et cetera. 663 00:36:02,818 --> 00:36:05,486 That's a general global antiaging effect 664 00:36:05,571 --> 00:36:07,164 that we would not expect to see 665 00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:09,499 just from rejuvenating the immune system by itself. 666 00:36:09,584 --> 00:36:12,002 So that was pretty extraordinary. 667 00:36:12,086 --> 00:36:15,580 It seems like the clock of aging can actually run in reverse. 668 00:36:16,757 --> 00:36:18,833 One of the participants who most benefited 669 00:36:18,918 --> 00:36:20,835 from Dr. Fahy's groundbreaking study 670 00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:23,680 is a man named Paul Hynek, 671 00:36:23,839 --> 00:36:25,765 who readily volunteered for the program 672 00:36:25,850 --> 00:36:30,428 in the hope that it might be the key to a longer life. 673 00:36:30,512 --> 00:36:32,272 I don't think aging is normal. 674 00:36:32,431 --> 00:36:35,016 It's a bug, not a feature. 675 00:36:35,100 --> 00:36:37,769 Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to live forever. 676 00:36:37,853 --> 00:36:41,272 I always thought that science was getting faster and faster 677 00:36:41,365 --> 00:36:44,025 and would sort of catch up to my childhood dreams, 678 00:36:44,118 --> 00:36:47,779 and science has made me young again. 679 00:36:47,872 --> 00:36:50,782 While Paul's claim of being young again 680 00:36:50,875 --> 00:36:52,709 may sound far-fetched, 681 00:36:52,793 --> 00:36:55,787 Dr. Fahy has the evidence to prove it. 682 00:36:55,871 --> 00:36:57,705 Test results clearly show 683 00:36:57,798 --> 00:37:00,717 that in addition to other health benefits, 684 00:37:00,876 --> 00:37:05,630 Paul was actually able to regrow an entire body part 685 00:37:05,714 --> 00:37:07,799 that usually degrades with age: 686 00:37:07,892 --> 00:37:11,061 the thymus gland. 687 00:37:11,220 --> 00:37:13,888 Your immune system has many components, 688 00:37:13,973 --> 00:37:15,974 but one of the major components 689 00:37:16,058 --> 00:37:17,484 is the thymus gland. 690 00:37:17,568 --> 00:37:19,819 And, unfortunately, the thymus 691 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:23,147 becomes more and more replaced by fat as we get older, 692 00:37:23,232 --> 00:37:24,899 and it leads 693 00:37:24,984 --> 00:37:27,202 to a lot of other downstream aging processes. 694 00:37:29,154 --> 00:37:32,156 When we looked at his results at the end of the trial, 695 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:35,335 Paul definitely was able to regrow his thymus gland. 696 00:37:35,419 --> 00:37:37,337 So, the thymus is in this area right here. 697 00:37:37,421 --> 00:37:39,163 At the end of the trial, 698 00:37:39,248 --> 00:37:41,332 Paul's immune system function 699 00:37:41,417 --> 00:37:43,403 and his health in general seemed to be exceptional. 700 00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:45,095 Those are the areas that are beginning 701 00:37:45,254 --> 00:37:47,514 to show a little bit of thymus regrowth. 702 00:37:47,598 --> 00:37:48,923 Almost everything that we measure, 703 00:37:49,016 --> 00:37:50,850 uh, has-has improved in Paul, 704 00:37:50,935 --> 00:37:53,603 including his biological age. 705 00:37:54,596 --> 00:37:56,597 My effective biological age 706 00:37:56,682 --> 00:37:58,016 kept decreasing 707 00:37:58,100 --> 00:38:00,360 even after the trial was over 708 00:38:00,444 --> 00:38:02,270 because of the lingering effects 709 00:38:02,354 --> 00:38:04,531 of the program in my body. 710 00:38:04,615 --> 00:38:06,274 I'm getting younger every day. 711 00:38:06,358 --> 00:38:08,776 Excellent. 712 00:38:08,861 --> 00:38:12,539 The notion of being able to stop the aging process in its tracks 713 00:38:12,698 --> 00:38:14,282 is certainly appealing. 714 00:38:14,366 --> 00:38:18,295 But is it really a long-term solution 715 00:38:18,379 --> 00:38:20,630 that will allow us to live forever? 716 00:38:21,799 --> 00:38:24,459 Some experts argue that immortality 717 00:38:24,543 --> 00:38:26,970 won't be achieved by preserving 718 00:38:27,054 --> 00:38:28,463 our current bodies 719 00:38:28,556 --> 00:38:31,799 but rather it will require us 720 00:38:31,884 --> 00:38:35,437 to build entirely new ones. 721 00:38:42,486 --> 00:38:45,646 Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University 722 00:38:45,731 --> 00:38:49,326 announce a major breakthrough in the quest for immortality. 723 00:38:49,485 --> 00:38:52,162 The team of researchers was able to use 724 00:38:52,246 --> 00:38:53,571 a modified 3D printer 725 00:38:53,664 --> 00:38:58,242 to create human organs made out of synthetic collagen, 726 00:38:58,327 --> 00:38:59,753 which they demonstrated 727 00:38:59,912 --> 00:39:02,914 by printing a human heart. 728 00:39:05,676 --> 00:39:07,344 Think of a car. 729 00:39:07,428 --> 00:39:11,765 We have a body shop as our car parts wear out. 730 00:39:11,924 --> 00:39:14,017 We need a human body shop 731 00:39:14,176 --> 00:39:17,270 that can replace organs as they wear out. 732 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,764 And that's being done at universities 733 00:39:19,848 --> 00:39:23,101 where we can actually grow organs of the body 734 00:39:23,194 --> 00:39:24,444 in a 3D printer. 735 00:39:24,603 --> 00:39:26,854 3D printers can print out 736 00:39:26,939 --> 00:39:29,774 cell for cell heart tissue. 737 00:39:29,858 --> 00:39:33,787 The idea of creating artificial human organs 738 00:39:33,946 --> 00:39:36,706 may sound bizarre to some. 739 00:39:36,791 --> 00:39:39,542 But the truth is that since the 1960s, 740 00:39:39,701 --> 00:39:42,128 doctors have replaced human heart valves 741 00:39:42,287 --> 00:39:44,622 with ones taken from pigs 742 00:39:44,715 --> 00:39:49,127 and created artificial corneas out of plastic. 743 00:39:49,220 --> 00:39:53,056 However, the prospect of placing 3D printed organs 744 00:39:53,140 --> 00:39:56,226 into the human body presents a major obstacle, 745 00:39:56,385 --> 00:39:59,971 one that scientists are on the verge of solving. 746 00:40:00,055 --> 00:40:01,889 One problem with creating artificial organs 747 00:40:01,974 --> 00:40:03,650 is the rejection mechanism. 748 00:40:03,809 --> 00:40:05,235 That is the bugaboo 749 00:40:05,394 --> 00:40:07,728 that has prevented progress in this field. 750 00:40:07,813 --> 00:40:10,148 But sometime in the future, 751 00:40:10,232 --> 00:40:13,651 if you take cells from your skin, from your bone 752 00:40:13,744 --> 00:40:15,319 and grow them 753 00:40:15,413 --> 00:40:16,988 with 3D printers, 754 00:40:17,072 --> 00:40:19,657 you're not gonna have this rejection mechanism, 755 00:40:19,750 --> 00:40:22,502 and so you'll be able to create artificial organs 756 00:40:22,661 --> 00:40:25,422 grown from your own body. 757 00:40:25,506 --> 00:40:27,674 We'll be able to be just as young and vigorous 758 00:40:27,758 --> 00:40:30,334 as we were in our youth. 759 00:40:30,428 --> 00:40:34,839 New organs that can restore our youth? 760 00:40:34,923 --> 00:40:37,934 Is it possible that humankind is on the cusp 761 00:40:38,093 --> 00:40:42,605 of finally making immortality a reality? 762 00:40:42,690 --> 00:40:46,434 Our bodies just weren't designed to live forever. 763 00:40:46,518 --> 00:40:50,196 I think part of the interest in life extension 764 00:40:50,281 --> 00:40:53,858 is that since it's such an innate part of human nature 765 00:40:53,942 --> 00:40:56,786 to want to survive, 766 00:40:56,945 --> 00:41:01,282 people see it as one of the biggest scientific goals, 767 00:41:01,366 --> 00:41:02,700 to conquer death. 768 00:41:03,869 --> 00:41:07,955 I think people are hardwired for immortality 769 00:41:08,048 --> 00:41:10,458 precisely because we're alive, 770 00:41:10,551 --> 00:41:13,052 you know, and we want to be alive. 771 00:41:13,212 --> 00:41:15,805 And we don't want to die. 772 00:41:15,890 --> 00:41:17,632 We have friends. 773 00:41:17,716 --> 00:41:19,476 We have families. 774 00:41:19,635 --> 00:41:21,811 We have things that we need to do. 775 00:41:21,896 --> 00:41:24,055 I've got so much life ahead of me. 776 00:41:24,148 --> 00:41:27,058 I don't want this to stop. I want this to keep going. 777 00:41:27,142 --> 00:41:30,653 It seems that humanity is willing to try anything 778 00:41:30,738 --> 00:41:32,313 in order to cheat death, 779 00:41:32,397 --> 00:41:35,566 from having a drink from a fountain of youth 780 00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:39,245 to freezing ourselves to replacing our body parts. 781 00:41:39,330 --> 00:41:41,331 But perhaps the question 782 00:41:41,490 --> 00:41:44,083 is not whether we can achieve immortality 783 00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:47,420 but rather do we really want to? 784 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:51,257 Maybe we're better off enjoying the time we've been given 785 00:41:51,342 --> 00:41:56,346 and letting the secret to immortality remain... 786 00:41:57,515 --> 00:41:59,349 unexplained. 787 00:41:59,373 --> 00:42:01,373 >>>>oakislandtk<<<<< www.opensubtitles.org 60559

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