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Trofim Denisovich Lysenko

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  • In the 1930s, a Russian agronomist and dedicated member of the party, Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, had argued that the Mendelian concept of heredity was a capitalist fiction, that Mendel had it backward.19 This eccentric idea was perfectly consistent with Marxism, a self-described scientific philosophy, and indeed was derived from it.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • In the 1930s, a Russian agronomist and dedicated member of the party, Trofim Denisovich Lysenko, had argued that the Mendelian concept of heredity was a capitalist fiction, that Mendel had it backward.19 This eccentric idea was perfectly consistent with Marxism, a self-described scientific philosophy, and indeed was derived from it.

    Deathride John Mosier 2010

  • This term stems from the sad story of the destruction of the thriving biological science in the USSR under the guidance of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko Трофим Денисович Лысенко, which started in the late twenties of the 20th century and ended in the seventies.

    The Politically Incorrect Guide to Darwinism and Intelligent Design Review: Whose Head is Ugly? Jonathan Wells and Lysenkoism (Chapter 16) - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • ID may “win” everyone else loses the same way the “work” of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko “won” in the now defunct Soviet Union—by government mandate!

    It really does matter if it's right. - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Take Trofim Denisovich Lysenko and the “fall” of Soviet biological science.

    Report on the 2005 Creation Mega Conference, Part Four - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a self-promoting peasant who, it was said, “solved the problem of fertilizing the fields without fertilizers and minerals.”

    State of fear Crichton, Michael, 1942- 2004

  • Trofim Denisovich Lysenko was a plant breeder who rejected genetics and the theory of natural selection.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Trofim Denisovich Lysenko (September 29, 1898-November 20, 1976) was an agronomist who was director of Soviet biology under Joseph Stalin.

    ShrinkWrapped 2009

  • Climate science follows the Lysenko Principle, named for the Soviet scientist Trofim Denisovich Lysenko; namely, scientists who tell politicians what they want to hear live lives of luxury, so luxury always trumps truth.

    WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

  • Barack Obama, gathers in Copenhagen for yet another exercise in environmental doom and gloom, observing the proceedings with the sly smirk of somebody who's "been there, done that" is likely to be the ghost of one Trofim Denisovich Lysenko.

    National Review Online Alex Alexiev 2009

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