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Levins & Lewontin on Lysenko, was Re: Cuban cows


Louis Proyect wrote:
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> I don't know whether Lysenko's reputation revolved around quick, technical
> solutions. I was under the impression that he was infamous for quackery
> under pressure from Stalin.

Lou, you've referred off and on to Levins & Lewontin, _The Dialectical
Biologist_. They don't treat Lysenko at all like this. See Chapter 7,
"The Problem of Lysenkoism." There were many elements involved, and it
was no matter of mere quackery.

Carrol
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