was it Lysenko ?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evolver16@aol.com [SMTP:Evolver16@aol.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 1:38 PM
> To: extropians@extropy.com
> Subject: Creationism vs Evolution
>
> If the creationists win, and the Creationist origan is taught in schools,
> then they will have ruined american biology for years to come.
>
> A similar case happened when the Soviets used the crackpot heredity
> theorires
> of a doctro whos name escapes me instead of Mendelian heredity. It set
> back
> russian biology fir years until the mid seventies, i beleive.
>
> (if anyone knows the name of the russian scientist whos theories were
> used,
> notify me.)
>
> "Ex Astris, Scientia!"
> Locke