Genetics on the Joe Rogan Experience

“The first was that a sizeable 711 genes were distorted in their activity caused by one week of six hours of sleep.”

Walker claims a study found that one week of 6 hours of sleep per night distorted the activity of 711 genes compared to getting 8 hours.

“You're much more likely, for example, to be struck by lightning in your lifetime, the odds of which I think are about 1 in 12,500, than you are to have this in…”

Walker claims that fewer than 1% of people carry a special gene allowing survival on about 5 hours of sleep, and says a person is more likely to be struck by lightning (odds he cites as roughly 1 in 12,500) than to have this rare gene.

“you know, the alcohol-induced damage as well, which also increases the risk for traumatic brain injury by, like, tenfold.”

Patrick claims that alcohol-induced damage (in the context of the ApoE4 gene) increases the risk of traumatic brain injury by tenfold.

“here's Hitler's skull. And when they did the genetic testing, it's that of a 35-year-old woman. So like, oh, well, this isn't Hitler, but they've said for the …”

Kennedy claims genetic testing on the skull fragment held in Moscow and long attributed to Hitler showed it belonged to a 35-year-old woman.

“If we are 98.7% identical to simians, right, and there's only 1.3% differentiation, who's more evolved? But you look at the simians, they have 48 chromosomes, …”

Howard claims humans are 98.7% genetically identical to simians and asks how humans lost two chromosomes relative to apes, implying this is an unexplained mystery.

“I read a study this morning of gene editing mosquitoes now, like they're using CRISPR technology to make the mosquitoes less likely to bite you.”

Greenfield states he read a study that morning about using CRISPR gene-editing technology on mosquitoes to make them less likely to bite humans.