Causes,Manifestations,and Solving Strategies of Genetic Essentialism of the Public
Genetic essentialism is a cognitive tendency to oversimplify the genetic process,which has influenced the choice of the public in medical treatment,diet,and other aspects to a certain extent.Public genetic essentialism originated from psychological essentialism,in which,the deepening of modern genetics research,the lack of scientific literacy of the public,and the imprecise expression habits of the mass media have all played a role in promoting its spread.Immutability/determinism,specific etiology,homogeneity/discreteness and naturalness are the four forms of genetic essentialism which will lead people to fear or pursuit genetic research and related technology abnormally,and easily strengthen social problems such as group discrimination and feudal thoughts such as the birth theory.In order to reduce the public genetic essentialism,it is suggested to strengthen the coordinated development of science and science popularization,conduct educational intervention for genetics,improve the authenticity and accuracy of mass media reports,and improve the scientific literacy,genomics literacy,and media literacy of the public.
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