Polygenic Risk Scores

"There's a lot of bunk in a lot of this science is basically what I'm going to say," he says. "It's bizarre when it gets kind of, you know, put to use in this way." He compares it to auto insurance: The fact that you got three speeding tickets last year doesn't meanyou're at a higher risk for an accident this year. But when they issue a policy and charge you 10% more, that's an individual decision. That's the jump that is made all the time. It's very weird when you say, okay, but now let's apply that to choices about genetics, right?"