Your DNA is Everywhere

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

News, Science, Society & Culture, Culture, Comedy, Internet, Pop, Games, Gadgets

4.9 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

According to a new study, it's now possible to sift scraps of human DNA out of the air, water, or soil and decipher personal details about the individuals who dropped them. Jeff and Anthony take a look at the technology that makes this possible, and sort through the ramifications.

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0:00.0	And an all-ready users are descended from that guy.
0:17.6	Yeah, exactly.
0:18.7	This is where we have concerns.
0:21.0	Hi, Jeff Kinnah.
0:23.4	Hi, I'm the Ricard Voting.
0:24.8	Hello, concerned citizens.
0:27.2	Hey, speaking of descendants,
0:29.8	have you ever done a 23 in me or anything like that?
0:33.9	I have done a 23 in me.
0:35.2	Yeah, yeah, not so much.
0:37.1	You've not seen cool, interesting?
0:38.7	Not really.
0:39.7	I didn't do it so much to find out about hereditary stuff.
0:46.3	I'm not so interested in that.
0:49.2	But I did it more to look at specific health and weird things
0:53.8	and anything that would pop up.
0:55.1	You remember, they used to be like, we can...
0:58.0	And also, just to...
0:59.2	I did it at the time, because I did it towards the beginning.
1:02.6	I did it to contribute to that, right?
1:04.9	Because they were building this database.
1:07.4	And at the time, this was early internet.
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