»Gnothi seauton« (Greek: γνωθι σεαυτόν) or »Know thyself!« was inscribed above the entrance to the ancient temple of Apollo at Delphi. Already in the antique times, self-revelation was the highest guiding principle. The Greeks understood it primarily in the spiritual sense. With the development of science, man acquired the possibility to study himself on a molecular—genetic—level as well.
Some governments oppose to performing personalized genetics for the public. The position of GenePlanet is that such a patronizing governmental attitude is unacceptable and outdated because it underestimates intelligence, limits freedom and undermines the right to autonomous decision-making of a free individual.
GenePlanet believes that every person who wants to know their genetic background has an inalienable right to do so!