Housekeeping My ScienceWriters Tip Jar initiative, technologically primitive though it is, is doing quite nicely. Donations are into triple figures. See here and here for more. I’ve started a Tumblr blog, against my better judgment (I’ll probably choose between this and the Posterous one at some point). The material there will also be included in these link-fests. Top twelve picks “Genetic exceptionalism is the default, the state of ignorance. How do you combat ignorance? By providing knowledge. By giving people information and showing them what it means for their lives. By, say, appealing to people’s inherent curiosity about themselves, and then handing them a document that shows — that cannot help but show — that genes aren’t destiny.This is precisely the information that bad regulation would keep out of the hands of consumers.“ Mary Carmichael makes a fantastic case for why people have a right to know their own genetic ...
I've got your missing links right here (12 March 2011)
Explore the concept of genetic exceptionalism and why knowing your genetic information matters for personal health.
ByEd Yong
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