Use graphic‑novel narratives as a deliberate public‑science tool to explain complex, politically fraught genomics results to broad audiences and reduce misinterpretation that fuels racist or hereditarian agendas. Visual storytelling can make methodological caveats, historical context (e.g., Galton/eugenics), and normative limits more legible than standard press releases.
— If widely adopted, illustrated explainers could materially lower the rate at which genomic findings are weaponized in public debate and improve evidence‑informed policy on inequality and mobility.
2026.01.04
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Adam Rutherford and Abdel Abdellaoui commissioned Lizah van der Aart’s comic to explain their paper on genes and socio‑economic status and to pre‑empt hereditarian misreading.
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