“It’s in our DNA”: the clichés that confuse the public about genetics and essentialism Carlos Orsi The Skeptic
Linguistic prejudice is an ugly thing, but I have to confess that every time I hear someone (whether it’s a person or a legal entity) use the cliché “<such and such a quality> is in our DNA“, I go into the overdraft on my benefit-of-the-doubt account. I’ll explain. As we are in the season of […]