# Essentialist Trap This is an issue that [Essentialists](Essentialism.md) often fall into where they focus solely on "what is" questions. For example: * What is racism? * What is gravity? * What is suffering? They do this at the expense of asking "how" questions, such as: * How can we reduce inequities between groups? * How do falling objects behave? * How do we mitigate the worst forms of suffering? --- Date: 20250424 Links to: [Conjectures and Refutations - Chapter 3](Conjectures%20and%20Refutations%20-%20Chapter%203.md) Tags: References: * []()