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> After over a year-and-a-half of eating frozen cabbage and moldy flour, Nikolai Vavilov—the man who taught us about agricultural diversity and plant origins, a
by 0xcafecafe 8y ago
> After over a year-and-a-half of eating frozen cabbage and moldy flour, Nikolai Vavilov—the man who taught us about agricultural diversity and plant origins, and who spent fifty years of his life trying to end famine— died of starvation.
The guy who basically set up the seed vault was killed by his own people he was trying to help. Very depressing.
- myth_drannon 8y agoAnd on the other side was a guy(Lysenko) who sent him to Gulag and his theories caused the death of millions. The guy with better social-sales skills can sell his false theories versus the smart guy who mumbles in the corner. I notice it a lot in the data science community.
- mindentropy 8y agoI notice it a lot in the corporates. If you have to climb the ladder or get a good offer you have to be buddy of another questionable character or have brilliant social skills. Engineering skills be damned. When they are about to be found out it is either too late or they will jump somewhere else.