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That's kind of what I mean by it not being worth much though. Sure, leaks are embarrassing - the most common issue here is finding out that your dad isn't your
by astrange 3y ago
That's kind of what I mean by it not being worth much though. Sure, leaks are embarrassing - the most common issue here is finding out that your dad isn't your real dad.
But it's not useful for evil purposes because it's not /accurate/. It doesn't reveal all that much real additional information about your ancestry and health!
Since it's decided before you're born:
1. its effects are mostly already expressed and people can know them either by looking at you or (like life insurance) by making you get a medical exam before buying their services.
2. it can get out of date for cultural reasons. Your biological ancestry isn't always how you behave, like if you're adopted. Whereas last name + zip code is a pretty good predictor already.
But 23AndMe does have a lot of that information about their customers. The reason they have it is because they asked for it in surveys.
- digging 3y ago> But it's not useful for evil purposes because it's not /accurate/. It doesn't reveal all that much real additional information about your ancestry and health! I'm not actually convinced that accuracy is all that important to the value of personal data. Or perhaps I should say I don't think think there's an accuracy floor at which the value drops to $0.
- ikekkdcjkfke 3y agoNot in the field, but i would assume the data is combined to create profiles to be used to infer data about other people with similar data, so now they have dna into the profiling mix. And in combined I mean the rest of your digital footprint from other sources, not a survey on 23
- DarknessFalls 3y agoStrongly disagree. Through 23andme, I was able to confirm that I have the mutation for the MTHFR gene, which explained why my vitamin B12 always ran low. Once I started supplementing with the methylated form of B12 and folic acid, I noticed a huge improvement in how I felt vs when I used cyanocobalamin for B12. Not to mention some very interesting side effects, like improved tolerance for caffeine.
- astrange 3y agoAre there any downsides to this, of couldn't everyone take those without asking first? (aside from cost)
- mlrtime 3y agoI had this same issue. I bought Pure Encapsulations Adenosyl/Hydroxy B12 and Thorne Research - 5-MTHF 1 mg Folate from amazon but never felt any different. Was my B12 a dud, does everyone with this marker see improved results after supplements?