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ideonexus Endorses AVPR1a the Ruthlessness Gene

Monday, September 8th, 2008

Genesis Biolabs

Genesis Biolabs

Genesis Biolabs sells a $99 Ruthlessness Gene test, which they are recommending everyone thinking about getting married have their potential partner tested for AVPR1a. At the bottom of the page, we find this quote, linking to my Top 10 Genes post:

AVPR1a was named one of the Top Ten Human Genes at Ideonexus.com!

How could this company take one look at this blog and think it was a good idea to refer customers here to legitimize their $99 product, where they’ll see a guy in a labcoat wearing welding goggles and a Cruella De Vil wig!?!? Wrong!!! No!!! Bad! BAD!! BAD!!!


On a side note, I found this quote from the site rather ethically pain-inducing:

Here at Genesis Biolabs, we don’t believe the nature vs. nurture debate has been resolved in favor of nature. We are a product not just of our genetics, but of our experiences and our choices. However, one can conceal or misrepresent ones choices and motives, but genetics do not lie… Before getting married, or making a business partnership, this genetic test might be appropriate. All of our politicians should probably submit to this test. As of May, 2008, with the passage of H.R. 493, The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008, it is illegal in the United States to use genetic testing in hiring or issuing insurance policies.

We believe nurture is very important, but nature trumps it. It’s illegal to use our test to discriminate in the workplace, but please do discriminate against your lover.

I do agree with the mandatory testing of politicians part. : )

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Science Etcetera, Moonday 20080908

Monday, September 8th, 2008
  • Hooray for Willmington North Carolina as they become the first city to go digital as a trial run for the switch-over from analogue for which the rest of the country is scheduled for this February.
  • Kick-ass photoset of NASA prepping to rescue Hubble.

  • Astronauts Practice on a Hubble Model

    Astronauts Practice on a Hubble Model
    Credit: NASA
  • It looks like old age will doom my ability to blog and web surf as we lose our ability to filter information quickly as we get older.
  • Large portions of the Amazon rainforest were once urban societies.
  • Our eyes get baggy with age because of fat expansion in the eye sockets.

  • A UCLA study finds that lower baggy eyelids are caused by fat expansion in the eye socket

    A UCLA study finds that lower baggy eyelids are
    caused by fat expansion in the eye socket

    Credit: American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
  • Free Math Books (HT oranchak)
  • Graphic photos of steroid abuse.
  • Journey to a World of Illusion: