Comments on: Welcome, UC Berkeley Freshmen! Now Hand Over Your DNA Samples

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By: epoksidnitlaki

epoksidnitlaki — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 23:02:58 +0000

It seems too complicated and very general for me to understand.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:29:26 +0000

Please follow this link to a letter form the Council for Responsible Genetics Urging Dean Richards to reconsider offering DNA testing to incoming freshman.
http://www.councilforresponsiblegenetics.org/pageDocuments/NIPRTFPFGI.pdf

By: Redmond Washington

Redmond Washington — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:32:31 +0000

He’s just trying to create a database to make it easier to catch laptop thieves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqPPSlYUBeE&feature=related

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 19 May 2010 21:20:22 +0000

Yes, mothergrace, UC Berkeley will use the information to create greens-eating, alcohol-immune super nerd-warriors who will take over the world by instilling panic and fear with their milk-drinking prowess.

Or maybe this is a conspiracy cooked up by local supermarkets to sell more salad.

Or, maybe they just want to help students eat well and be healthy.

I don’t know…tough choice.

I think this idea has the potential to increase students’ wellbeing and maybe even academic performance…and I’m thankful that I’m a senior, and I won’t have to compete with the milk-drinking, lettuce-eating super nerd-warriors.

By: Chris M.

Chris M. — Wed, 19 May 2010 18:35:54 +0000

I’m cautiously optimistic that my alma mater won’t be an idiot about this, and keep the data in a non-anonymized form.

Very, very cautiously.

By: mothergrace

mothergrace — Wed, 19 May 2010 16:17:47 +0000

This is completely improper. It reminds me of the draft. Get these kids, technically legal adults, to hand over their DNA when they are too young to think through the implications of having this information out there. Who has it? Why? Who will see it? How much control will the student have over their own info? How will it affect their health insurance, future employment, etc.?

You may think I am a conspiracy nut, but when it comes to giving people this much info, Just Say No.

By: Niles

Niles — Wed, 19 May 2010 01:37:16 +0000

At first I thought it’d be a mild deterrant to drink heavily if a student were to find that their alchohol metabolism wasn’t fantastic… but what of the converse, if they find they have an AWESOME alcohol metabolism. Woohoo!?

By: Tacticus

Tacticus — Tue, 18 May 2010 23:34:40 +0000

Because it’s so hard to keep track of who they send the barcodes to?

By: Razib Khan

Razib Khan — Tue, 18 May 2010 22:34:26 +0000

will they get a reduction in fees?