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MENTAL MODEL · M4814

Lysenkoism

Lysenkoism
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

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During the Soviet era, Trofim Lysenko used political means to suppress orthodox genetics and promote pseudoscience (inheritance of acquired characteristics). It broadly refers to the forced distortion of scientific inquiry by ideology, leading to disastrous consequences.

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Lysenkoism was a pseudoscientific political campaign led by the Soviet biologist Trofim Lysenko against genetics and science-based agriculture in the mid-20th century, rejecting natural selection in favour of a form of Lamarckism, as well as expanding upon the techniques of vernalization and grafting.

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In the Soviet Union, Lysenko denied genetics and used 'inheritance of acquired characteristics' to cater to ideology, suppressing science with politics, exemplifying the abuse of power through the politicization of science.

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