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Exposing a scam
sligmasta
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So i have a coworker who just got sold into http://hankkingi.mygenewize.com/
the idea is that you send in a dna swab, they map it, then send you personalized vitamin supplements based on what you will geneticaly be deficient in.
on top of that it has an mlm buisness model. this basicaly means that its a pyramid scheme. You get signed up, you pay for the service, but if you get four other people to sign up and pay for the service, your vitamins are free. if you sign up more than that you start making money.
Obviously the marketing it self made me think it was a scam. After that i did a little research online only to find anecdotal experiences on the effects of the product and no scientific evidence to its legitimacy.
so my question is, how would i go about finding not a lack of information for its effectivness, but evidence of its ineffectivness?
the idea is that you send in a dna swab, they map it, then send you personalized vitamin supplements based on what you will geneticaly be deficient in.
on top of that it has an mlm buisness model. this basicaly means that its a pyramid scheme. You get signed up, you pay for the service, but if you get four other people to sign up and pay for the service, your vitamins are free. if you sign up more than that you start making money.
Obviously the marketing it self made me think it was a scam. After that i did a little research online only to find anecdotal experiences on the effects of the product and no scientific evidence to its legitimacy.
so my question is, how would i go about finding not a lack of information for its effectivness, but evidence of its ineffectivness?
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And gene mapping? Yeah, all gene map to the same locations on chromosomes from person to person, and often from organism to organism.
Sequencing on the other hand is the differentiation between the individual base pairs.
They cast a shadow like a sundial in the morning light. It was half past 10.
from what trillian says is seems like they are sequenced instead of mapped, my bad on the vocabulary
Hell, millions of people swear by oscillococcinum (which is duck liver extract) as a cure for flu and colds, and with the dilution method used it's quite possible for individual doses to contain 0% of the "active" ingredient. That's a much bigger scam than whatever they're selling your friend, but if he thinks its working he's free to waste his money.
this is exactly what i was looking for, thanks!
This is generally the best way to handle things.
Oh, you bolted a Tornado Fuel Saver, fuel-line magnets, pre-injection air heating, and a bunch of other useless shit onto your car, and you think I'll (a) care or (b) follow suit because I'm a gearhead? Yeah, you go ahead. No, I'll just sit back and watch.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
But I'm getting 250 miles/gallon!