I thought it mischarecterized both the blog and the community in ways I thought came off unfavorably (incl some*very* dishonest linking with Murray)
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I would love to have my DNA tested but I'm also terrified of Google, or whatever member of the oligarchy buys my DNA.
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I don't know about "evil censorship" but seems likely to do more harm than good
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Seems like a barn door that the horse is well out of, but the ethical issue is definitely a complex one, and deserving of better than outrage blogging.
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At the very least can we acknowledge the "We tried to create a scientific definition of ethnicity and then tell you what yours is!" angle has no possible medical benefit to anyone, can only cause social harm, and yet is there because it's obviously what consumers care about
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Oh yeah, that part's silly at best and gross at most times.
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Yeah, i mean, on the one hand there are absolutely things it would probably be better to breed out of the genome if we can (and Huntington's is top of the fucking list, frankly), but there are so few of them compared to SO MANY potential harms???
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(Huntington's Chorea is a genuine fucking monster of a genetic disorder.)
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Yeah - of note, in China they IIRC banned doctors from telling parents the sex of the child in utero, to avoid sex-selective abortion.
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(And when people who are fluent in PRC human rights abuses talk about PRC crimes they don't talk about this, because this isn't a crime.)
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