alexbiz

One comment...Wall Street doesn't have a choke-hold on technical talent. For instance, most (I'm confident to say above 90%) people recruited by banking programs cannot write a single line of code. Excel macros don't count.

I would say that depends on whether or not you expect any income to start and also if you are assuming any liability with your side project. Registering as a company will help shield you from this (at least in the U.S.).

Mistaken paternity would be readily apparent from a 23andMe test. There is a section where they compare family DNA, and a child is expected to share 50% of their chromosomal segments with their father. Of course, both child and parent would have to be tested.

I agree completely, the disease predispositions in the 23andMe service fall far from being of any value. http://Navigenics.com and http://www.deCODEme.com do a better job at this.

I suppose mistaken ancestry is a very "American" fear (if one at all), although I can think of other countries (like Japan) where any "surprises" in ancestry might not be so hot.

Accidental inbreeding would be horrible.

Very good point, I wasn't saying it totally defeats all objections to gay marriage, just the specific reproductive argument against it. But I agree, politics does tend to detract from science.

Women could actually outgrow their "need" for men in reproducing. Its kind of scary.

This is great. Reminds me of the recent article in nature questioning whether or not scientists need a PhD: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v464/n7285/full/464007a...