"Science in the US is entering a phase resembling the Lysenko era in the Soviet Union." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... - ThreadSky

erictopol.bsky.social • 3 days ago

"Science in the US is entering a phase resembling the Lysenko era in the Soviet Union."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/apr/09/science-destruction-america

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bennevis.bsky.social•3 days ago

https://www.nefariousrussians.com/p/shitcoins-for-shitocracy-wjacob-silverman

Trump channeling the Yeltsin Mindset
People compare Trump to Hitler or to Putin
But for us the closest historical comparison is Boris Yeltsin.

Shitcoins
Glasnost
Gangster

yirdaki.bsky.social•3 days ago

To be fair, they are attacking history, the arts, all education, the environment... So they are emulating the very worst movements in history.

blueskypja.bsky.social•2 days ago

They do sound like Lysenko “I'm trying to help the country..we've got..bourgeois biologists out there in their laboratories, they're working with fruit flies &..They're fly-lovers & people-haters..They're actually wrecking..agriculture by deflecting us, diverting..attention from the..task at hand”

dennissp.bsky.social•3 days ago

My college genetics textbook was written by Richard Lewontin, who described himself as a Marxist biologist in his introduction. But Lysenkoism is simply bad science. In the U.S. pseudoscience and political dogma are controlling government science policy.

jp30567.bsky.social•3 days ago

Maybe you should use the comparisons to Soviet Union more often. Americans seem to be indifferent to fascism (and some even endorse it), but they still seem to be afraid of communism.

dragonborn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Hmmm I wonder if those two things are related 🤔

jp30567.bsky.social•2 days ago

Which two things?

dragonborn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Buddy fascism is an anti communist ideology

jp30567.bsky.social•2 days ago

Buddy, it's not about the ideology per se, but the execution of it.

dragonborn.bsky.social•2 days ago

The USA is a fascist country, this is why Americans hate communism.

bigskyrad.bsky.social•3 days ago

I guess actual facts are counter to the MAGA's "world view."
According to some, I should respect the "world view" of others.
I don't - I refuse to - ever show respect to those who elevate their feelings above provable facts.

yonatanlibbie.bsky.social•3 days ago

Several years ago, I got tapped to teach an undergrad biology course. My students struggled with seeing fault in Lamarckism. Many took strong stands for its concepts.

pdxreigns.bsky.social•3 days ago

Yes. I am sure there are other comparisons, but reading Navalny's "Patriot" and it feels like our future.

denised58.bsky.social•3 days ago

This is one of the saddest things that is happening. Science builds on Science. It is going to take the scientific and medical world decades to recover. My heart is broken over the impact on humanity 💔.

popyyy.bsky.social•3 days ago

So, are we switching to planting potatoes with the power of positive thinking, or just blaming climate change on capitalist genes?

lfeatfan.bsky.social•3 days ago

The administration is afraid of facts which is what science is about. It's easier to deal with ideas because you can manipulate those.

truth1124.bsky.social•3 days ago

This. Is. Horrifying!

celtictechie.bsky.social•3 days ago

They can come north to Canada we like science.

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