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Re:The 1936-1937 Purge of Soviet Astronomers (1991) by thesz on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:20AM (#31069339)
I believe he denied existence of genes, not heretability of traits.
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Re:The 1936-1937 Purge of Soviet Astronomers (1991) by mannykannot on Monday April 18, 2022 @08:33AM (#31069806)
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.
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Re:The 1936-1937 Purge of Soviet Astronomers (1991) by otabdeveloper4 on Monday April 18, 2022 @11:40AM (#31072175)
DNA wasn't yet discovered when he was alive, and "genes" were an abstract philosophical concept.
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Re:The 1936-1937 Purge of Soviet Astronomers (1991) by simonh on Monday April 18, 2022 @07:48PM (#31078199)
That’s why I said genetic heritability.
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