Mark Liberman over at Language Log proposes we should go hunt for the Hat Gene*! =D
(sums up the average humanities major's understanding of genetics quite nicely)
*In case you didn't click the link, before you lynch Liberman: he's mocking poor reporting. Intelligent humanities majors (especially in linguistics) do tend to have a decent understanding of genetics. Although the artsci cross-talk still needs a lot of work...
Sadly, i meet a lot of molecular biologists and biochemists who would also fall for that sort of thinking. At least those in the humanities have an excuse for not studying "upper level" evolutionary theory.
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