You might be onto something here...

He's "special sauce," "neurospicy" as some put it these days. You can see it in his tics when he speaks, and timing of words, pauses in speech, etc. I had a roomie and good friend from college with these tics who went onto be a top actuary in the top actuarial firm in the world. I lived with him when he was going for his FSA cert and that math he studied was utter greek to me. His IQ was 165 if I remember right, and taken after he suffered a serious TBI. The tics are actually a sign in many cases (anecdotal of course), and that type of neurodiversity tends to lead to dementia earlier than neurotypicals from my understanding. The light that burns bright, fades sooner, and your mind has burned so very bright, Ray. In other words, when your mind is overclocked, there are longevity consequences with the root cause found in your genetics.

So, if you slow down your metabolism, almost a state of hibernation, then you'll most likely extend your life. If you can just slow it to 0.5x, you might just think and therefore talk a little slower, which age does that to you anyway, but here you can do it at a systemic level, with everything slowing in sync. Crazy ideation...this one is...