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DNA is useful primarily for associating identities with people. Your mental data is arguably more sensitive as it contains your passwords, potentially damaging
by LorenDB 3y ago
DNA is useful primarily for associating identities with people. Your mental data is arguably more sensitive as it contains your passwords, potentially damaging or incriminating information, etc.
For example, a judge can't necessarily convict you because your DNA was present at a crime scene, but he can absolutely convict you if your brain has recorded a memory of you committing that crime.
- getwiththeprog 3y agoPK Dick's short story "We Can Remember It For You Wholesale" is a great thought experiment into the validity of our memories. I can highly recommend a read.