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    Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes

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    Image of icy_one icy_one
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    I would have guessed double X chromosomes. #drivinggene
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    Image of Jeremy Tapsell Jeremy Tapsell
    10/28/09

    @icy_one: ooohhhh.. watch out man...

    nope not with me... (pulls at collar) #drivinggene
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    Image of ronsavoy ronsavoy
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Umm, I'm not sure it's my driving I'd be worried about if I found out I had a gene that adversely affected my memory... what about, oh, I don't know, LEARNING? And generally not being an idiot?? #drivinggene
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    Image of psychiccheese psychiccheese
    10/28/09

    @ronsavoy: it's okay. after you find out you have the gene, you'll forget it in a couple days anyways. #drivinggene
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    Image of EtrnL_Frost EtrnL_Frost
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    This... is kind of flawed. Too many variables there. What if they had navigators? You might find that some people with the crappy BDNF genes might put faster lap times than people with good BDNF genes, if you gave everyone the same navigator. This is more about memory, not about driving. And while memory helps w/re: to race driving, that is rendered moot when considering accidents. I.e. Person A might be able to find home better/faster than Person B, but en route, Person B might be able to better avoid the accident then Person A, because Person B is a "better driver".

    I guess, this means then, they have to define "better driver", and quantify it.

    Rereading the article (dur): I guess if you consider though, that the deficient person couldn't keep the car on track... hell, even without a navigator you should still be able to keep the car relatively on the racing line, using breaking markers and visual cues. Of course, if the driving course included blind curves, that assumption is eliminated...
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    Image of InsertBullets InsertBullets
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    can we get the results of the study for just the women of Asian heritage? #drivinggene
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    Image of omgwtflolbbqbye omgwtflolbbqbye
    10/28/09

    @InsertBullets: Damn, you beat me to it!

    Still:

    1/3 of Americans are Asian Women?
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    Edited by omgwtflolbbqbye at 10/28/09 12:57 PM omgwtflolbbqbye was starred omgwtflolbbqbye was unstarred
    Image of Nelson Nelson
    10/28/09

    @InsertBullets: also beat me to it. was going to make a joke about the study being conducted at UC Irvine. (Asians account for 58% of student body)

    Get it?...Account? Heyoooooo!

    My last name is Chen, so I'm allowed to make these stupid remarks. #drivinggene
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    10/28/09

    @Nelson: I think that's still racist... but maybe it's just funnier? #drivinggene
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    Image of MonkeyT MonkeyT
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Not being tall enough to see over the steering wheel is genetic, and it seems to be directly tied to bad driving. #drivinggene
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    Image of ManchuCandidate ManchuCandidate
    10/28/09

    In reply to Bad Driving Could be in Your Genes
    Does this mean DNA tests for auto insurance? #drivinggene
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    Image of Chip Overclock Chip Overclock
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    This is how the whole "laser cats" thing got started.
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    Now if only they can use the same method to turn regular people into tetrachromats, then we're talking.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    Is it just me or that monkey from the picture has a really mean look ?

    It really looks like an evil mad scientist monkey. I should know... I'm one of them (evil mad scientists, not monkeys).
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    09/17/09


    @Roklimber:
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    Image of nagumi nagumi
    09/17/09

    @Roklimber: Of course he looks mad. He's seeing red!

    *boom-tish*
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    I'll be impressed when they can give the monkeys X-ray vision and make lasers fire from their eyes. Of course, then I'll be running for my life from the super monkeys, but still, I'll be impressed.
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    Image of Roklimber Roklimber
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    So, after the treatments, the monkeys go back to their cages and tell the untreated monkeys that they're now seeing in color.

    The untreated monkeys then reply: "Are you guys high on LSD again?"
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    Image of Anekanta - Go Play! Anekanta - Go Play!
    09/17/09

    @Roklimber: Reminds me of that line from Dune Messiah, from the OC bible:

    "What senses do we lack that we cannot see another world all around us?"
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    Image of Nyrath Nyrath
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    I want to know if this technique can give a normal human tetrachromat vision.
    [www.redherring.com]
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    Image of TrixieKolder TrixieKolder
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    I'm saved! No longer will I be limited to using crayons that have the names of the colors written on them!
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    ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. promoted this comment TrixieKolder was starred TrixieKolder was unstarred
    Image of ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H. ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.
    09/17/09

    @TrixieKolder: I most heartily agree.
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    Image of WestMantooth WestMantooth
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    Is this what we need? Monkeys with super-sight? What next, monkeys with night vision?
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    Image of Belabras ate my dingo! Belabras ate my dingo!
    09/17/09

    @WestMantooth:
    Monkeys with Shark Eyes
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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    09/17/09

    In reply to Gene Therapy Has Color-Blind Monkeys Seeing Red (and Green)
    Genetically engineered monkeys. This will work out fine.
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