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Originally Posted by MikeUpNorth
As the cost and difficulty of genetic profiling continues to fall, I would be surprised if employers didn't start to try to use one as part of the medical. Sporting teams seem likely to be the first ones to make use of this.
To me it could have some major ethical problems. Hiring someone because they possess a gene that makes them statistically more likely to be a good sprinter or a 'hard-worker' for example, may be in danger of falling into overly simplistic genetic determinism. However, it depends on how it is used I guess. It may be no different to a basketball team hiring a person simply because they are tall.
If the insurance companies manage to get their hands on everyone's genetic fingerprint though, we're all in trouble.
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Exactly. I think it would be foolish, in a practical aspect, to determine these things based on genetics only anyways. After all, there is the environmental factor... So these companies would be attempting to make very complicated judgments based on simple, single gene factors? Its ridiculous to think that to be a good footballer involves only sprinting... That club must have a very poor scouting network.