sale of people's DNA joins the big boys club

[931]

Mom already knew here family history via genealogy research. Actually, grandparents were the first to do their genealogy research going all the way back to the 1800's.

Only reason why Mom tried the ancestry.com thing was to see if it was accurate...it was not.

wrbtrader

Is science less trustworthy?

 

[wrbtrader]

Is science less trustworthy?

Maybe if the science doesn't use proper protocols to prevent errors. Also, if you know the science without oversight...it can be manipulated but that then gets into the ethics of the science.

wrbtrader

 

[931]

Maybe if the science doesn't use proper protocols to prevent errors. Also, if you know the science without oversight...it can be manipulated but that then gets into the ethics of the science.

wrbtrader

How would you measure ethics of the science?

Google offers this first:
"The best way to measure the effectiveness of a company's ethical standards is to observe the results of employee actions. When the company is able to establish and maintain a loyal and satisfied customer base, management has a sure indicator that employees are treating customers ethically."

But im not certain how many different best ways there are.

 

[wrbtrader]

How would you measure ethics of the science?

Google offers this first:
"The best way to measure the effectiveness of a company's ethical standards is to observe the results of employee actions. When the company is able to establish and maintain a loyal and satisfied customer base, management has a sure indicator that employees are treating customers ethically."

But im not certain how many different best ways there are.

Maybe that's not the right question...

The question could be how do you know when a company is not being ethical in their science ?

An example could be @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos

Simply, when ethical standards are not being followed...usually the employees will whistle-blower, file complaints with a governing body of the industry group or someone gets arrested / fined.

Thus, serious ethical violations tend to be criminal.

wrbtrader

 

[JSOP]

Mom already knew here family history via genealogy research. Actually, grandparents were the first to do their genealogy research going all the way back to the 1800's.

Only reason why Mom tried the ancestry.com thing was to see if it was accurate...it was not.

wrbtrader

Yes exactly. The actual genealogy research of actual people yield far more accurate and meaningful results than some DNA testing that's based on databases of incomplete information. To me, at best, those DNA testing just provides you information that you already know at a cost and worse, you waste your money on getting something that's not even correct. LOL

 

[931]

The question could be how do you know when a company is not being ethical in their science ?

What if there is no company?
Would that automatically turn the science unethical if there is no public database connected to it?
Panama papers for instance.

But with panama it depends, maybe someone put all eggs in same basket...

 

[vanzandt]

Why does it surprise you how much they are worth? Personal information is big business these days. Blackstone just got a big chunk of that business, by now having the DNA records of tens of millions of people, including your mom. That may come in handy some day for them.

I got one of those kits for X-Mas so I swabbed Muttley and mailed it in. Impressive results... they traced Zandy all the way back to the Founding Fathers. I just hope some of Muttley's kin on her Pit side never eat anyone, the last thing I need is to be on an episode of Forensic Files.