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There is growing evidence that genetic testing to the extend it is used in GATTACA is impossible. For example you can't predict a baby's future height. Sure, yo
by bayesianhorse 14y ago
There is growing evidence that genetic testing to the extend it is used in GATTACA is impossible. For example you can't predict a baby's future height. Sure, you can tell a normal distribution from genetics which is narrower than the distribution of the general population, but it's not as predictive as people might assume.
Genetic data has proven to yield a lot less information than was expected. That might change in the future, but I don't believe health insurance companies could make a business case for genetic discrimination even if they were allowed too.
- Pwnguinz 14y agoI agree with you completely. I was merely pointing out that it was a great sci-fi movie worth watching. Not as some sort of foreshadowing of future societal outcome. Plus, what's portrayed in the movie (i.e. discrimination based on genetics) is disallowed by law, at least in California.