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In the absence of any other information about an applicant whatsoever, DNA evidence can give you strong likelihoods and useful correlations for many possible outcomes.

If I was to take this to the logical end, you can bar any bananas, lizards, dogs, or other non humans by simply looking at their DNA and having no other applicant specific information.

To bring this back to the more mundane, even the BBC is covering whether genes impact your likelihood to have certain hobbies. We are not going to discover that genes impact our lives LESS as we dig into the human genome more. To proclaim by personal fiat that people will never figure out how to productively (and for personal/corporate gain) filter by DNA is simply wrong.

This is similar to the idea that criminals with 20 previous felonies can be given any punishment besides life in prison or death. It is really super easy to predict the future of any such criminal let loose. A 90% chance of a 21st felony and yet another ruined or ended life.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230509-how-genetics-det...



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