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I believe he denied existence of genes, not heretability of traits.

• mannykannot 5y ago
  His theories were mostly pseudoscientific nonsense - but that alone is not particularly harmful. What was evil about him is that he literally destroyed other people’s lives, his most prominent victim being Vavilov.
• otabdeveloper4 5y ago
  DNA wasn't yet discovered when he was alive, and "genes" were an abstract philosophical concept.
• simonh 5y ago
  That’s why I said genetic heritability.