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Lysenkoism happens in the American and European scientific establishments as well. As an example I would suggest Ancel Keys and the cholesterol hypothesis of h
by jboggan 9y ago
Lysenkoism happens in the American and European scientific establishments as well. As an example I would suggest Ancel Keys and the cholesterol hypothesis of heart disease.
- marcosdumay 9y agoThat's a bad example. It's a much more complex scenario, where the drugs that fight the expected cause of the disease does in fact help protecting against it. Confusing causality is very hard to solve.
- mattnewport 9y agoIf you're talking about statins, Ancel Keys was promoting shoddy science on high fat diets to influence government policy before statins were discovered.