Re:The 1936-1937 Purge of Soviet Astronomers (1991)
by thesz on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:20AM
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I believe he denied existence of genes, not heretability of traits.
Re:The 1936-1937 Purge of Soviet Astronomers (1991)
by mannykannot on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:33AM
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His theories were mostly pseudoscientific nonsense - but that alone is not particularly harmful. What was evil about him is that he literally destroyed other people’s lives, his most prominent victim being Vavilov.
Re:The 1936-1937 Purge of Soviet Astronomers (1991)
by otabdeveloper4 on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:40AM
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DNA wasn't yet discovered when he was alive, and "genes" were an abstract philosophical concept.
He denied that genetic heritability existed and that all characteristics were propagated epigenetically. That's hardly been vindicated. In practice his theories and practical policies were utterly disastrous.
It is true that since then we have found some mechanisms by which some traits can propagate epigenetically, but characterising that as vindicating Lysenkoism is absurd.