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- Gloogle, on 05/18/2009, -2/+39it's a trap!
- PsychoBrat, on 05/18/2009, -1/+23I will gladly release a full description of my genome under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license... if somebody is willing to sequence it for me!
- mksmothers, on 05/18/2009, -1/+15Headline in 10 years: 13,000 people loose health insurance after sophisicated DNA test completed.
- monroep09, on 05/18/2009, -1/+14Brave move, I wish I could explore my genetic history
- RainyDayNinja, on 05/18/2009, -0/+12And lead Sylar right to me? I don't think so!
- iEATcatFOOD, on 05/18/2009, -1/+10don't leave your semen period. keep it in a baggy.
- Nouman6, on 05/18/2009, -0/+8Don't leave your semen at a crime scene now.
- DeusNova, on 05/18/2009, -1/+8I could see it's useful implications but this could possibly lead to discrimination in the far future because someone has inferior genes and what not. This may sound crazy but there needs to be some type of law that disallows discrimination based on genes, an employer could look up your genes on a database and he could find something wrong with you genetically that might cost the company too much money. I admit, it's a scary thought that our DNA could be on a server in the far future, it should only be used for medical and judicial purposes.
Time to get off topic!
I want to be able to transfer my consciousness with all the past memories and knowledge onto a computer when I get really old. It'd be cool to watch human progress. That's only in the realm of science fiction right now but who knows...it could happen! - inactive, on 05/18/2009, -0/+6Funny, that's where I keep my crime scenes.
- joe7845, on 05/18/2009, -0/+5How about the GPL license? If you have kids, your kids also must release their DNA, as do your kids' kids.
- inactive, on 05/18/2009, -0/+4Phh, you can have mine on the MIT license for all I care, just gimmie a copy of the sequencing.
- anonymousmedic, on 05/18/2009, -3/+7Human Genome Project Fail.
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+4I see someone's been watching Gattaca ;)
- iEATcatFOOD, on 05/18/2009, -2/+6I'll do it, too. Who cares? Maybe I'll learn about a disease I can prevent early on.
- markedOne, on 05/18/2009, -1/+5DeoxyriboNucleic Acid (<- see, ACID)
- deeboe, on 05/18/2009, -1/+5I put my DNA in a sock every time I go online.
- anshuman, on 05/18/2009, -0/+4http://www.mylifeisaverage.com
- nullcodes, on 05/18/2009, -0/+4I hope they put as much detailed personality and medical history as possible. And yeah make me pseudonymous volunteer 13,001.
- hsesports05, on 05/18/2009, -0/+3My thoughts exactly
- charlietuna, on 05/18/2009, -0/+3Second life bukkake?
- ZeroCubed, on 05/18/2009, -0/+3You mean like in Ghost in the Shell?
- Corneileus, on 05/18/2009, -0/+3I don't think this will lead to anything discrimination wise in our lifetime. Interesting stuff, no less.
Though I wouldn't have done what Stephen Colbert did, which was launch his DNA into space. We're going to be conquered by an army of them. - tgc1, on 05/18/2009, -3/+5Future victims of prosecution via tainted/planted DNA evidence me thinks.
- anshuman, on 05/18/2009, -1/+3those are the number of ppls who truly believe all their lives , the will have 'my life is average' moments. no talking of conspiracy theories , no stocking guns , no anti-social behavior , just your average life.
- docbob84, on 05/18/2009, -1/+3DNA carries negative charge, it is ionized and will accept protons. It's an acid. I've *taught* genetics classes over this stuff. You are incorrect.
- inactive, on 05/18/2009, -0/+2Just hopefully the government puts restrictions on that...
- Myztry, on 05/18/2009, -0/+2This could move medical diagnostics of genetic conditions into the field of mathematics. Instead of individual tests for blood/tissue indicators - you simply get your DNA sequenced, get it statistically compared and you have a diagnoses.
You might even get the pleasure of discovering that something that won't manifest for 20 years is going to kill you shortly after... - jason210, on 05/18/2009, -0/+2I assume they mean their genetic sequence.
- ManUnitdFan, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Correct me if I'm wrong, but this is a private study through Harvard, is it not? I don't think you could release personal data from this under doctor-patient confidentiality.
Check out the public profiles: http://www.personalgenomes.org/public
All the personal (non-medical) data is confidential, and I'm not enough of a conspiracy theorist to believe this is all just a government plot to get access to my DNA. - WaldoX, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1would putting DNA online for everyone to see be a way of fighting the patenting/copywriting DNA by big business?
- feelmypimphand, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1I have tried uploading my DNA through the screen online many times without success. Maybe I have just been to the wrong websites.
- Myztry, on 05/18/2009, -1/+2Quality of DNA is an interesting topic.
Nobody (at least not the 'lower caste') wants a Gattaca like society but then, is the society we have now doing any good for humanity.
The weak do not die off. Evolution is removed. 'Fatal flaws' are preserved by treating the symptoms which are then passed onto multiple offspring propagating the disorder.
Even conditions such as infertility can become hereditary. Medical science as it stands is unfortunately a circular system. The more who are cured by symptom only, the more the condition spreads.
And it tends to be the least fit who breed the most. - askantik, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1I see the benefits and the disadvantages to doing this, though the main disadvantage is probably the discrimination thing as far as health insurance. But if we had a single-payer healthcare system, every single person in America would (unless they chose private insurance) get the exact same coverage. Problem solved.
- dusanmal, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Ending in Gattaca -like society...
- Myztry, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Shooting your 'essence' over the screen does not constitute DNA uploading.
I've uploaded my DNA twice giving me two sons, but that's something quite different... - jason210, on 05/18/2009, -1/+2That movie was awful, i think just because no one in it could act and were all Keanu Reevesesque automatons.
- PsychoBrat, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1Well, I didn't want to -force- my descendants to release their DNA -- I just wanted to make sure that if they DID, I would get full credit!
- crackerjohn, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1I guess you gotta put your DNA online if you don't have somewhere or someone to put it on.
- TruthKid, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Anyone know of a good DNA torrent tracker?
- mahadiga, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Entire 3rd World is willing to put their DNA online.
- inactive, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1They should have asked for royalties first.
- walruspanzer, on 05/18/2009, -1/+2that show used to be cool :-(
- ZeroCubed, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1lol right? Conspiracy theories are like campfire stories - fun for a night and a sugar-hyped imagination, but beyond that they're annoying.
- mydiggID1, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Sounds an awful lot like the project the UK (England?) was trying to put together; attempting to archive the DNA of every citizen. And some of us know the potential consequences of that...
Like other posters have said, smells fishy. - blipblopblip, on 05/18/2009, -0/+1Hah! If you choose to do this, it puts you a step ahead of those DNA grabbing ****** because you /chose/ to put it out there for all to see and they didn't take it first.
- inactive, on 05/19/2009, -0/+1I put mine under LLC. That way if your in my company and something goes wrong...
- mjs918, on 05/19/2009, -0/+0With our level of personal privacy already dwindling, this seems like exactly the opposite of the right idea. Just make it seem like it was our idea, right? Pretty soon it's chips in our necks and one world governments controlling our every move, and more importantly, our every dollar. Sounds terrifying, right? Well smoke another bowl, let's talk about it. Hahaha.
- inactive, on 05/18/2009, -1/+1Big Brother, I don't trust it.
- askantik, on 05/18/2009, -1/+1But if we had single-payer healthcare, that wouldn't even be an issue, now would it?
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