@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoAll Those 23andMe Spit Tests Were Part of a Bigger Planwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1456arrow-down125
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minus-square@14th_cylonlinkEnglish7•edit-26 months agothey “narrowed it down” to about 1000 people. that is the case covered by video i linked in my comment above. the sentence The fbi estimates they can use dna evidance to single dowm the possible people to 2 or 3 out of the entiriry of the us is still nonsense
minus-square@Wogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•6 months agoIt’s not exclusively DNA they’re using. It never was exclusively DNA. There are location, sex, age, and other factors to consider that help narrow it down. You could have 1000 close matches, but only half a dozen or so that could actually have committed the crime, and only a few of them that fit the profile.
minus-square@spacecowboy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish-1•6 months agoYou guys are arguing semantics. Walk away…
they “narrowed it down” to about 1000 people. that is the case covered by video i linked in my comment above.
the sentence The fbi estimates they can use dna evidance to single dowm the possible people to 2 or 3 out of the entiriry of the us is still nonsense
It’s not exclusively DNA they’re using.
It never was exclusively DNA.
There are location, sex, age, and other factors to consider that help narrow it down. You could have 1000 close matches, but only half a dozen or so that could actually have committed the crime, and only a few of them that fit the profile.
You guys are arguing semantics. Walk away…