He has written and broadcast widely about disability and genetics. Of course, it's exciting that we now have an outline of the human genome. But we need to put this announcement in perspective, and think carefully about what we do with the knowledge. We don't know what all these genes do yet. We don't even know how many genes there might be.
Human beings are more than their genes.
Knowing that I have a G to A transposition at point 380 of my FGFR3 gene doesn't explain my story. William Shakespeare still has more to tell us about human nature than genomics. It's dangerous to think information is always beneficial. Ignorance may be bliss. Prenatal information creates terrible dilemmas for prospective parents.