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That's what the technology is doing, but the patent covers more than that. Typical immoral assheadery.
by Kliment 13y ago
That's what the technology is doing, but the patent covers more than that. Typical immoral assheadery.
- VMG 13y agoAre you taking offense to the intellectual property issue or the ability to influence the genetics of your offspring?
- netcan 13y agoI don't know about the parent, but to me the combination definitely sounds like "immoral assheadery." These guys seem to have a lot of patents#. Some of them seem (to me) like something you shouldn't be able to patent.^ It's a little creepy (but very easy) to imagine a future where most (rich) children are engineered by selectively accepting zygotes, sperms/eggs or actually creating them. I don't know much about the economics or laws of IP, but I would really prefer that all the critical technology and data needed for engineering babies be treated as scientific discovery and available publicly. #https://www.google.com/search?num=100&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=579&tbm=pts&q=23andMe&oq=23andMe&gs_l=serp.3..0l6j0i10j0l3.3373.3373.0.4067.1.1.0.0.0.0.90.90.1.1.0....0...1c.2.27.serp..0.1.90.q7gxUhQ3zog https://www.google.com/search?num=100&safe=off&biw=1024&bih=... ^https://www.google.ie/patents/US8510057?dq=23andMe&hl=en&sa=X&ei=2ThNUqTODcGQhQfbnIBY&ved=0CGEQ6AEwBQ https://www.google.ie/patents/US8510057?dq=23andMe&hl=en&sa=...
- Kliment 13y agoI'm taking offense to the subject matter being patentable at all.