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authorChristian Urban <christian dot urban at kcl dot ac dot uk>
Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:02:36 +0100
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       argument? (Hint: Think what would happen if the spy
       agencies and certain politicians get their wish.)
        
-\end{enumerate}
+\item DNA data is very sensitive and can easily violate the
+      privacy of (living) people. To get around this, two
+      scientists from Denmark proposed to create a
+      \emph{necrogenomic database} which would record the DNA
+      data of all Danish citizens and residents at the time of
+      their \emph{death}. By matching these to information
+      about illnesses and ailments in life, helpful evidence
+      could be gathered about the genetic origins of diseases.
+      The idea is that the privacy of dead people cannot be
+      violated.
+
+      What is the fallacy behind this reasoning?
+           
+\end{enumerate} 
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