The shared thread running through their rhetoric is genetic determinism: the idea that who you are, and what you can achieve, is all down to your DNA. Nothing else matters.
Trump is an enthusiastic advocate of racehorse theory, which he shares with white supremacists; the belief that he is personally superior and that this is rooted in his good genes.
Musk has his own equally baffling take on genetics, infused with a characteristic messiah complex. Like some of his fellow tech moguls, he is determined to save humanity by producing as many offspring as possible.
Of course, science always carries the potential to be this thrilling; I don't want to kill anyone's science buzz. But I worry that in all the excitement, we can forget that DNA does not define us.
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