Is the propensity to write rubbish articles masquerading as science while avoiding all of the important features that make science science and also just happens

Is the propensity to write rubbish articles masquerading as science while avoiding all of the important features that make science science and also just happens to support racism heritable? Maybe we're all to scared to consider phrenology as the answer? There's plenty more 19th century bulls##t we can embarrass ourselves with if we choose too!