It may be that the main value of services such as 23andMe (at least until researchers use its data and others to learn a lot more about genetics) is not the specific genetic details, but the way that it makes us focus on the numbers. Whether we are choosing what to eat or how much to exercise, or trying to assess our chances of a specific condition, the numbers make it feel real and immediate.
可以说，像“23对染色体与我”这些企业所提供的服务（至少研究者利用它以及其他企业提供的数据进一步了解了基因）最有价值的地方，并不是某些特定的基因细节，而是令我们开始将目光聚焦在数字之上。不管是我们选择吃些什么，还是进行多少锻炼，或者评估身体遇到某种特殊状况的可能性，在数字上都可以真实而迅速的反应出来。