Scientists Should Oppose the Drive of Postmodern Ideology

Abstract

The National Academies of Sciences of the USA recently published a report entitled Gene Drive on the Horizon. This commentary discusses the 'Aligning Research with Public Values' aspects in this report, the topic of public engagement, and the worrying ideological shift towards postmodernism which aims to deconstruct Enlightenment values.

Keywords: engaging the public; genome editing; relativism; risk; science and democracy; understanding science.