Lysenkoism
n.— «When politicians dictate science, government becomes entangled in its own deceptions, and eventually the social order decays in a compost of lies. Society, having abandoned the scientific method, loses its empirical referent, and truth becomes relative. This is a serious affliction known as Lysenkoism. Trofim Lysenko was Joseph Stalin’s top stooge in Soviet agricultural science, a field that was mercilessly politicized by fanatics.» —“Suicide by Pseudoscience” by Bruce Sterling Wired June , 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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