I agree with parent poster that surely one's own privacy is something one can decide for oneself to flout.
But: one shares 50% of ones DNA with siblings, parents, and children, making such a decision forcibly reveal their DNA as well. Perhaps Pinker et al. did consult their closest relatives, but as a general principle I think that individual DNA should never be publicly available.
When population genomics company DeCode wanted to create a large research database of Icelandic DNA, this was one of the problems they faced.
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I agree with parent poster that surely one's own privacy is something one can decide for oneself to flout.
But: one shares 50% of ones DNA with siblings, parents, and children, making such a decision forcibly reveal their DNA as well. Perhaps Pinker et al. did consult their closest relatives, but as a general principle I think that individual DNA should never be publicly available.
When population genomics company DeCode wanted to create a large research database of Icelandic DNA, this was one of the problems they faced.
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