Stephen Pinker, The New York Times, and Counsyl

Last Wednesday the New York Times printed “My Genome, My Self”, an article written by Stephen Pinker, one of the Personal Genome Project’s “First 10.” It is especially interesting since Pinker analyzes the issue from the point of view of a psychologist. Much of the article discusses the confusing results that are returned by genome/disease analysis, due to our current lack of understanding in...