genetic selection is the new kind of racism. like most technology, geneology is morally neutral, it can be deployed for evil or for good. genetic holds information and myriad secret of the past, migration, wars, plagues, history and DNA lineage.
it is important to reflect in dark chapters of our history in war and colonization:
rape was used as tool to 'cleanse' genetic traits that deemed unfit and inferior.
our curiosity of personal origin fuel the capitalization of gene industry - unbeknownst to the consumers, their genetic history and information are now in the hands of companies.
with the information, the companies offering their customers with complementary and thorough genetic testing based on their susceptibility of common hereditary disease that appeared in their bloodline.
the use of DNA to tarnish individual past is utterly unacceptable, especially when the possibility a gene to pose risk to 'specific disease' is low. rather it takes a group of genes works together to manifest a disease. it is a complex and costly to understand genomics.
why worry. cause even with mutation or defective gene you may not express the disease. human biology is not a coding problem.
even the 2003 genome project is incomplete. and actually based on one person name craig venter - the dude who claimed to create synthetic 'life' by inserting cocktail of chemicals - DNA into an empty cell. you know, it's like putting a brain to a no-brainer.
will genetic information encourage you to quit smoking or drinking? what about free will? oh yes, free will is not congruent with science.
let's look into encode project - the continuation of genome project to rigorously define the proportion of human genomic sequence. turns out the junk dna has important role in the regulation of particular genes.
the diversity of our genes is amazing and show us how complicated can human biology can be with interracial marriage and procreation. please, do not marry your cousins.
let's not forget that environment, surrounding and food intake may influence our genetic health.
