Science and Totalitarianism
Stuart and Jordan discuss the dangers of totalitarian regimes infiltrating science, drawing parallels between the acupuncture craze in China and the Nazis' use of eugenics. They also touch on the Lysenkoism movement in Soviet Russia, where scientists who didn't subscribe to Lamarckian inheritance were purged.In this clip
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436: Stuart Ritchie | The Science Fictions Undermining Facts
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What is Lysenkoism and what are its consequences as discussed in the episode 436: Stuart Ritchie | The Science Fictions Undermining Facts and the clip Science and Totalitarianism?
What is Lysenkoism and what are its consequences in the context of the episode 436: Stuart Ritchie | The Science Fictions Undermining Facts and the clip Science and Totalitarianism?
What is Lysenkoism and what are its consequences?