Genome Researchers Wants Your Genes

An anonymous reader writes "The Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI) is looking for smart volunteers to donate their genes for analysis. They are seeking subjects with high intelligence; you can only qualify if you got a high score in SAT/ACT/GRE or got awards in competitions like Math/Physics Olympiads or TopCoder. They're also launching a drive to recruit US participants. Their first stop (PDF) appears to have been Google, which has run into trouble with the Chinese government. Also worth noting: BGI is registered in China as an 'Institutional Organization,' which by law requires it to report to a supervising governmental office or agency."

Comments

Everyone's thinking it, I'm just saying it...

[deains]

It's got to be super-soldiers.

Re:resolving conflicts through rational discussion

[TaoPhoenix]

Lin Yutang once wrote that if you gave leaders a good meal and a comedy show, they wouldn't get into wars.

First they came for the geniuses,

[djirk]

and I didn't speak out because I was not a genius.