23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M genotyped customers

Re:23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M g... by justincormack on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @05:52PM (#4907453)

I agree absolutely it is more likely. And I read The Selfish Gene. But how could you disprove that theory? it is sort of too obviously true, if you see what I mean. Which is why I brought up the homosexuality counterexample. So I don't think it should be taken as undeniable, even though it is plausible.

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Re:23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M g... by mvleming on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @06:11PM (#4907539)

I see what you're trying to get at. You're saying that "x% of children are not genetically related to their fathers because women have affairs to increase the competition for her egg" is a theory, not to be taken as something true.

I didn't mean to make myself sound like that I was saying it was. I was just suggesting something and I agree with you: it is plausible, but it is still a theory at the end of the day.

We're on the same page. :)

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Re:23andMe raises $50M, cuts price to $99, sets goal of 1M g... by maskedinvader on Tuesday December 11, 2012 @09:55PM (#4908359)

I rarely read discussions between 2 people beyond the 3rd or 4th reply, but this one kept me wanting to see how this goes, very well concluded. This is the reason I love HN, quality of discussion is much better than any other place.

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