Results for Jennifer and the Salon

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1. What do you like about the technology in the story and why?
CategoryNumber of responses
Accessibility of testing1
Caveat - concern about nanoparticles1
Caveat - do not test for untreatable conditions1
Caveat - risk to privacy/civil liberties1
Combining physical and mental health would be good10
Comments about the context/pack3
Delays ageing10
Dislike: Salon should not be like a lab1
Enables people to live/work longer15
Encourages healthy lifestyles8
General support4
Helps communication about health2
Helps disease prevention/early diagnosis19
Helps provide a sense of wellbeing17
Improves quality of life7
Potential for tailored/targeted treatment11
Provides/allows interaction4
Scientifically proven4
Support for Alzheimers drugs11
Support for cosmetic treatments20
Support for gene therapy2
Support for talking therapies5
Wrong question answered4

 

2. What do you dislike about the technology in the story and why?
CategoryNumber of responses
Comments about the pack/stories4
Concern about animal testing1
Concern about gene therapy1
Concern about pensions9
Creates worry/hypochondria6
Difficult to regulate1
Environmental impacts - water2
Expensive/exclusive/socially divisive16
Lack of demand1
Lack of individual choice - to opt out1
Lack of information about treatments1
Lack of medical supervision2
Lack of treatments for diseases2
Pressure for people to work longer10
Resource implications of people living longer5
Risk of abuse/misuse4
Risk of addiction3
Risk of affecting insurance4
Risk of failure/misinformation17
Risk of overdependence5
Risk of side effects13
Risk of upsetting demographic balance1
Risk to privacy/civil liberties4
Tests could reveal parentage1
The technology is not new3
Too much focus on appearance/youth19
Too much focus on products/consumerism3
Unnatural/unnecessary/unethical12
Use of tests for family engineering1
Wrong question answered1

 

3. Of the things you either like or dislike, which is the most important?
CategoryNumber of responses
Dislike: concern about being forced to work longer1
Dislike: deciding whether to use the knowledge1
Dislike: expensive/exclusive/socially divisive4
Dislike: focus on youth/appearance11
Dislike: implications of people living longer2
Dislike: Lack of medical expertise1
Dislike: pensions4
Dislike: risk of abuse/misuse1
Dislike: risk of failure1
Dislike: Risk of side effects9
Dislike: Risk to privacy/civil liberties3
Dislike: unnecessary/unnatural6
General comments about the story4
Group was spilt/unable to decide2
Like: combining physical and mental health1
Like: disease prevention/early diagnosis8
Like: enables people to live/work longer5
Like: improves quality of life2
Like: improves well-being/confidence17
Like: tailored/targeted treatment3
Like: treatments for Alzheimers6
Need for regulation1
Overall dislikes4
Overall likes4
Wrong question answered2