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1. People getting their own DNA If they insist on sticking to their biases, then they are idiots- doesn't harm you.
Agreed.
I don't think you have yet scientifically challenged anyone's inference here- yet.
I asked for the 'research/peer reviewed claim, but it never came. So it doesn't exist. Well the, don't claim without evidence - that is the point.
2. People with an "agenda" collecting myriad data points to make unscientific claims?
Nobody goes around with stickers on their faces that they have a secret "agenda". One has to be cautious and educated about the possibilities. It is not for nothing that reputed institutions/governments invest so heavily to prevent ethical breachs such as privacy, use of donated material for other purpose than what it was intended for etc etc.
This is worth having an issue about, but the people getting their DNA tested for their own purpose are not the ones to be blamed! Those with an agenda or those communicating it via media should be focused on. In your example, it is the newspaper that publishes such a ridiculous piece, that should be blamed.
Preventing something is always better than trying to find a cure after it has happened. That is where education comes in.
I also don't get why you are harping on about Jats getting associated with scheduled caste or marginalized people.
Why not. Ask well versed Jat historians and you will find out various ways in which people with "agenda" have tried to recreate history and marginalize Jats.
If you have a scientific issue with dubious claims, then it shouldn't matter whether the headline is about linking Jats to marginalized people or to a "great" ancestry, as long as it is dubious. But the way you are arguing, your issue seems more that you don't want Jats to be linked to Scheduled Castes, which is as much of a bias as the one you are supposedly arguing against
Why do scheduled castes need reservation if they have not been marginalized? Any well versed Jat historian will tell you the contribution to Jats. There is no way their contribution should be marginalized. Let matter of fact remain so.
. Surely, we shouldn't believe that Jats should stop DNA testing, lest the results link us to SCs.
That is not the point. Get the tests done from reliable, ethically grounded sources - that is the point.
Regards,
Urmila.