Matching Based on Genetics and Immunity

Scientific Match is a dating site that bases its matches on members DNA and their immune systems. The owner Eric Holzle was interviewed for a Times article. In it he talks about how Scientfic Match works, some background information about himself and his company plus, the cost of the service. The author of the article was a bit suspect of the whole thing.

Besides all of the obvious weirdness, it seemed odd that women on the pill aren’t allowed to join because, as Holzle explains, they’ve chemically altered their bodies to avoid the need to breed.

With quotes like the one above, Eric doesn't always come out very good. The author also had Scientific Match checked out by his Expert.

Somewhat bewildered, I bounced the concept off David Altshuler, a geneticist at Harvard University. I explained to him that there was a service that matches you with a partner based on genetics and immunity. He was intrigued, but after perusing Holzle’s site, he said, without apologies, “This is all such hooey.”

Of course I have no idea if the authors experts are any better or worse than Scientific Matches Experts and their quoted studies. If the price was lower it would be interesting to see the results of DNA matching but, I don't see many people paying almost $1000 to find out.

See the full article at The Times.

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