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Denise Kalm's avatar

Great point. I remember learning about Lysenko's ideas on genetics. Russia became a crop importing country as they starved.

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Rick's avatar

Totally agree. I think you are also highlighting what I call “selective science”, i.e., taking facts out of context to prove a theory.

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Fernando's avatar

The suppression of different ideas in science moves to things like Lysenkoism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism

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