Gene for Whatever
A skeptic mocks headlines about single genes for complex traits; the credulous friend misses the sarcasm.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-09-22-gene-for-whatever/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
A: "I read that they found a gene for dishonesty!"
B: "Oh, c'mon. There's no way that's attributable to a single gene. What's next — a gene for enjambment? A gene for overdressing salads? A gene for texting in movie theaters?"
A: "Wait, have they found that one? Maybe we could genetically engineer it out of people."
B: "Yeah, I'd support that, except with the missing-sarcasm gene."