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Lamarck and Lysenko got a raw deal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamarckism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenkoism

• biorach 5y ago
  Lysenko was a fraud and a disgusting human being who cheerfully saw scientists condemned to death to further his take science. Lamarck's theories were unsupported by the evidence available at the time. Current research indicates that inheritance of acquired traits, if it does exist, is in its details quite unlike what was described in Lamarck's theories. So no, neither got a raw deal.
  • aspenmayer 5y ago
    I was speaking more to the heritability of acquired traits, as that was the context of the discussion. I’m open to learning more about their negative aspects also.