and speaking of tests, did j2d fail the reading comprehension section, where the text of the article and the picture LLN posts with the article aren’t exactly related?

hey smeg, by all means feel free to refuse medical advancements based on government-funded research in your own personal heath care! i’ll add that if your genome sequence was determined, and it became publicly available, and you were then discriminated against based on your genetic information, you would seek recourse via the law…the law created by, you guessed it, the government…

jake, as far as cost goes, today companies charge 50k to have your genome sequenced…the national human genome research institute is pushing a major initiative to reduce that cost to 1k per genome…we’re not at the 1k level yet, but when that happens sequencing will be much more common…here’s a link for the 50k genome:

http://investor.illumina.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=121127&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1298128&highlight=

there’s a lot happening in this field right now that might surprise you…

1.texting and driving
2. getting some head
3. just plain reckless
4. A child behind the wheel

Last night downtown I was drinking the booze
Like it was going out of style
My whole head got light
I lost my eyesight
I ain’t been that drunk in awhile
Along about one I spotted a queen
And I started to make my move
Aw, she was believing every line I was laying
Lord I was just to cool
Well I thought I died and gone to heaven
But lord did I look like a fool
Last night I came in at two with a ten
But at ten I woke up with a 2

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Oh wait – I am the one here who objects to control of things, aren’t I? Yes yes – you trust in the govt and you sign your own death certificate. In my world you are free to trust the govt if you are wish, but you are not free to impose your misguided trust on me.

“Your mistakes aren’t your fault. There’s a gene pattern that we have discovered that causes you to fail repeatedly. In short, all your problems are really because of your parents!”

Not. Raising. Kids.

Not only is it being excessively legislated, now we’re empowering our next generation to come and sue us to death for their own mistakes. The blood of their mistakes will now be on our hands.

This is far more important than how the gene relates to car accidents.

No… wait, I’ll translate myself.

“I really do appreciate the fact you’re sittin here
Your voice sounds so wonderful
But yer face don’t look too clear
So bar maid bring a pitcher, another round o brew
Honey, why don’t we get drunk and screw”

I wouldn’t worry too much leftwing… that fancy book f*ckin’ ain’t for everybody.

there are some interesting books about this subject…if people start using genetic profiling to select mates, for example, there are some weird implications…especially if there’s an economic factor, where only rich folks can afford to get profiled, and consequently demand that their partners (therefore also rich) have their profile done – and then genetic compatibility becomes a reason for having kids…after a few generations of that kind of selective breeding, you’d see weird stuff happening…

the plus side is that your kids will know what diseases they are susceptible to and can therefore make better life choices in order to avoid problems…you may have a genetic profile that leaves you susceptible to lung cancer, so you decide to stay away from smokes from an early age, etc…that sorta thing…

that’s the nature of information, though…information is inert…the key is how that information is used…

No wait… there it is, stuck to the bottom of “Big Uns”.

Maybe I can circumvent the system by not wearing any genes.

I can see the steam coming out of the auto insurance carrier execs now. There goes a light bulb going off now too. Maybe they should test for this. It would keep 30% of thos drivers off the roads then. Just think, less traffic and less accidents. Hmmm.

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What a drag it is driving drivin’ fast ….

Things are different today
I hear other drivers say
Smegley needs somethin’ today to slow him down!
‘Cuz his genes are very ill
there’s a little yellow pill
He goes runnin’ for the shelter of his driver’s little helper
and it helps him on his way
and he guns down the highway ….

Yes, a-hole gene right here.

joking

As if people really need another reason to be unaccountable.

And then you have people using their DNA in court as an excuse for why they caused accidents…