My thoughts on getting my own DNA tested:
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Why would I? (Score:5, Insightful)
Call me ignorant, but I see no reason to undergo a DNA evaluation in the near future.
Re:Why would I? (Score:3, Insightful)
And until I can be sure that data is safe... I'd rather it just stay right where it is...
I'd be strongly interested, but only under the condition that only I know about the data. Considering it's genetic data, unless I can test it myself, that's not going to happen in the near term, unless they offer blind tests on individual chromosomes that only you will have the ability to assemble into a whole.
The Best Thing About The Future (Score:4, Insightful)
The best thing about the future is that it is unknown.
I'll pass on the DNA tests ...
No Thanks To Discrimination (Score:5, Insightful)
Why would I want to get my DNA tested? At best it tells me I am healthy and I wasted my time. At worst it tells me ( and everyone else in this age of Big Brother ) that I have a genetic predisposition, now on record, so health insurance companies can discriminate against me.
Re:No Thanks To Discrimination (Score:2, Insightful)
using that sort of information against you is illegal
SO FAR.....
Re:Why would I? (Score:5, Insightful)
Or, obviously: adopt one! I'm sure there are lots of children that could benefit greatly from being adopted by a pair of parents wanting a child.
Re:Why would I? (Score:5, Insightful)
Also, who would better understand the specific problems of adopted children than people who were adopted themselves.
Re:Why would I? (Score:5, Insightful)
Interestingly enough, I have married friends who were both adopted and tried to have kids the old-fashioned way but couldn't. Their adopted twin boys just turned 5.
Re:Why would I? (Score:4, Insightful)