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Simon Maechling

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PhD Chemist, Science, Innovation 🧪🧬 🌾Opinions are my own.

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One of the most dangerous things in history? When politics replaces science. That’s exactly what happened in the Soviet Union under Trofim Lysenko. A man whose pseudoscience led to famine, ruined careers, and millions of deaths. His ideology destroyed Soviet agriculture 🧵:

One of the most dangerous things in history? 
When politics replaces science.

That’s exactly what happened in the Soviet Union under Trofim Lysenko.

A man whose pseudoscience led to famine, ruined careers, and millions of deaths.

His ideology destroyed Soviet agriculture 🧵: