Don't let genetic testing become a prop of superstition. What's going on here?

Genetic testing is a technique to detect DNA through blood, other body fluids or cells.

Genetic testing can determine the individuality, and can also determine the characteristics of its population (ancestral home) through population comparison. Find a needle in a haystack by narrowing the area before testing the individual. And he's not sure about the child's talent.

Can you detect the child's talent through genetic technology? In this regard, the press officer in charge of "Child and Adolescent Health" of the World Health Organization has publicly stated that so far, she has not heard that testing genes can predict whether a child has talents such as music and painting. It can be said that there is no scientific conclusion about the relationship between genes and talents, and there is no so-called gifted gene. In fact, with a little knowledge of biology, it is easy to see the deception of genetic testing. Genetic testing can indeed find some possible diseases and prevent birth defects and hereditary diseases, while talent belongs to the illusory spiritual field, and genetic testing of talent violates the most basic scientific principles.

This scam, which takes talent discovery as a gimmick, is actually like a computer fortune-telling that has disappeared for many years. Its essence is a superstitious activity in the cloak of science. Computer fortune-telling was once all the rage, and it was finally proved to be a tool for fools to make money. Computers do have computing power, and genetic testing technology can also find children's birth defects. However, it should be noted that the conclusions of computer calculation and genetic testing are deterministic information, while the fate of life and the future of children contain a lot of uncertain factors, and no one can accurately predict the future fate. This is an objective law, and it is impossible for any technology to break through.

In a sense, children's talent is not innate, but family members, especially parents, plant seeds of a certain skill in their young hearts, and then the seeds will germinate and thrive after watering, fertilizing and sufficient sunlight. Without the influence of family and the guidance of elders, there may be no so-called talent. Even if a child has a special interest, if there is no correct guidance, it may backfire and recreate a Fang Zhongyong. Children's education requires great patience from parents, and it is human nature to fail for a while. Blindly believing in the so-called genetic testing is not only an illusory psychological comfort for parents, but also an impetuous performance of family education for quick success and instant benefit, and even makes children go astray.

Last September, Ran Yingying, the wife of the famous boxer Zou Shiming, gave her son Jessica Hester Hsuan a genetic test, which triggered many "Ma Bao" to follow suit. The genetic testing done by the first listed genetic testing company in China is expensive, and the cost is as high as 6800 yuan. However, in the non-clinical field, especially in the field of consumer-grade genetic testing such as talent testing and health risks, domestic supervision has been absent for a long time. Although the genetic testing of talents is unscientific, some non-medical institutions spare no effort to publicize the campaign and charge a lot of money. The reason can only be the lack of supervision and the drive of interests.

The report pointedly pointed out that the superstition and pursuit of genetic testing only opened the tip of the iceberg. At present, this field is still in the stage of barbaric development, with mixed fish and dragons and chaos. From the perspective of the rule of law, this kind of gifted genetic testing service is suspected of illegal operation or even fraud. The industrial and commercial departments and public security organs should investigate and punish them according to law and ban them in time, and the relevant legislative departments should legislate and regulate them in time. From the perspective of social civilization construction, natural genetic testing is a pseudo-scientific way to promote superstition, which is not conducive to the promotion of scientific education concepts and the construction of scientific and technological civilization. Scientific and technological organizations, cultural law enforcement and other departments should attach great importance to this, publicize science in depth, and expose superstitious behaviors.