If we are points in a multi-dimensional distribution that describes personality, then every one is an outlier in some of the dimensions provided there are many. There is variation in all aspects of us and why would that particular one be an exception. As my old friend's saying "let's drink to polymorphism!"
... and the virtually infinite permutations thereof ...
(OK, I know it's finite, but it's a really, really, really huge number, and determining that is what *you* get paid for.)
That's alarmingly close. From the abstract of my Pharmacogenomics journal paper in press: "There are individual polymorphisms that can be tested one at a time, but there is the more difficult problem of identification of combinations of polymorphisms or even more complex interactions of genes with environmental factors."
I frequently see PCR-STR results for polymorphisms at 14 loci. You can tell a jury that the likelihood of the offender being someone else is "one in XX quintillion," but it's a lot slicker to print out the number in a 72-point font and slowly unroll the paper. 🙂 --
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DZ said:
JMW said:
DZ wrote: >If we are points in a multi-dimensional distribution that describes >personality, then every one is an outlier in some of the dimensions >provided there are many. There is variation in all aspects of us and >why would that particular one be an exception. As my old friend's >saying "let's drink to polymorphism!"
... and the virtually infinite permutations thereof ...
(OK, I know it's finite, but it's a really, really, really huge number, and determining that is what *you* get paid for.)
That's alarmingly close. From the abstract of my Pharmacogenomics journal paper in press: "There are individual polymorphisms that can be tested one at a time, but there is the more difficult problem of identification of combinations of polymorphisms or even more complex interactions of genes with environmental factors."
I frequently see PCR-STR results for polymorphisms at 14 loci. You can tell a jury that the likelihood of the offender being someone else is "one in XX quintillion," but it's a lot slicker to print out the number in a 72-point font and slowly unroll the paper. 🙂 --
