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But as a society, do we want to generate additional waste for a bit of comfort ?

• captainredbeard 6y ago
  Society wants -- through its observed behavior -- that very much. Is it good from an intellectual perspective? Likely not, though this is a very low impact scenario compared to mass plastic convenience packaging for near daily use items. YMMV.
• sigotirandolas 6y ago
  It could ultimately generate less waste, if it prevents enough misreads. The cost incurred by someone misreading a positive result as negative and having to abort later on is much higher than the premium of the digital test. I'm not sure if the numbers work out, though.
• moonbug 6y ago
  this is literally this history of civilization.
• Maxion 6y ago
  Not only comfort. A lot of factors early on in pregnancy affect the health of the unborn child. Knowing when your pregnant will help you stop consumption of e.g. alcohol.