Sounds like a bunch of baloney. I haven't read the thread, and am not really familiar with longecity... but what I've noticed on other so called "science forums" is that, a lot of the time, they're filled with ego, dogma, and flat out BS. Anything outside the culturally sanctioned paradigm is immediately labelled bunk at first site. That said, there is some very interesting and brilliant people in every corner of the web - i dont mean to over generalize
Having a degree really doesn't mean much.. I'm friends with several neuro and cognitive scientists that i currently study under, and while many are brilliant, some of them can have such a narrow and delusional view of things at times - just like everyone else. They're still human...Not to mention there is many different kinds of intelligence- the word itself is deceiving. Prime example: my cousin was offered a job at harvard or some such place, for math i think...he also believes the earth is 6,000 years old... and that god created women out of the rib of a man, or whatever it is the bible says!
<Ringworm>hehehe, it's all fun and games till someone loses an "I"