Portal talk:19: Bret Weinstein - The Prediction and the DISC

In the remaining questions section, to test whether the elongated telomeres in lab mice is an adaptive response to the breeding protocol rather than merely a fluke, I would be in favour of adding:

6) Confirmation that the same breeding protocol affects other species than Mus musculus as would be expected under evolutionary theory by causing elongated telomeres and increased rates of tumours relative to their wild conspecifics (e.g. laboratory rats).

7) Identification of locus on which selection is acting in laboratory-bred animals (e.g. hightened systemic expression of telomerase)

8) Does experimentally reducing telomere length (e.g. by inhibiting the expression of telomerase) rescue the 'wild type' phenotypes of reduced tolerance to toxins and higher resistance to tumours?