I remember shaking my head in wonder when I first read the story of the capitulation of Soviet science to the quackery of Trofim Lysenko. How could scientists allow politics to trump science? Well, now we have a taste. The current situation is somewhat different. Soviet scientists were quite understandably cowed by Stalinist terror. Today's scientists have only the excuse of political correctness.
Thanks to Captain's Quarters for the link.
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