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https://xkcd.com/1494/

Here's my genome: https://my.pgp-hms.org/profile/hu80855C Let me know if you can actually find anything interesting- the last time it was analyzed the genetic counsellors said I had no known genetic risks.




Of course we are not ready yet to read the genome as if we know everything, but that's just a matter of time. You can't predict the environmental component of course but that still leaves 30-70% of every trait you have or will have be predictable. For perpetuity. And not just you, but your kids as well? What are the odds they'll not be living in a totalitarian state where it's perfectly okay to persecute them based on their genetics? Why would i put them at a disadvantage potentially by already publicizing half their genome?


I mean, if my kids live in a totalitarian state, I am sure I have bigger problems than the state abusing my genome to persecute my children.




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