Lysenkoism was a Stalinist “politically correct” (a term invented by Lenin) theory, because it was consistent with certain broader Marxist doctrines Trofim Lysenko was embraced and lionized by the Soviet media propaganda machine. Scientists who promoted Lysenkoism with faked data, and destroyed counterevidence (cf East Anglia scandal), were favored with government funding, official recognition & award. Lysenko & his followers & media acolytes responded to critics by impugning their motives (“deniers”, “anti–science”), and denouncing them as bourgeois fascists resisting the advance of the new modern Marxism. The V.I. Lenin Academy of Agricultural Sciences announced on August 7, 1948 that thenceforth Lysenkoism would be taught as the only correct theory. All Soviet scientists were required to denounce any work that contradicted Lysenkoism. Ultimately, Soviet geneticists resisting Lysenkoism were imprisoned and even executed. Anthropogenic Global Warming (or “climate–change”) theory is simply a variant of Lysenkoism; in it, once again, ideology trumps true science.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:54:23 +0000
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