Could RFK Jr become America's Trofim Lysenko?

[cdemundo]

Trump has discussed placing RFK Jr. in a position of responsibility with respect to Healthcare issues.

 

Trofim Lysenko was an eccentric scientist whose theories became policy and led to famine in his country.

 

I will leave it as an exercise for the motivated student to flesh out this discussion but the parallels to our current situation are clear.

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

Trump has discussed placing RFK Jr. in a position of responsibility with respect to Healthcare issues.

 

Trofim Lysenko was an eccentric scientist whose theories became policy and led to famine in his country.

 

I will leave it as an exercise for the motivated student to flesh out this discussion but the parallels to our current situation are clear.

 

 

He’s already on one…..

 

Interested to see if he is going to commit billions to reduce ‘excess' fluoride that is naturally found in a lot of water supplies…..if he is so concerned about it.

 

 

 

[Danderman123]

That's a good reference.

 

Lysenko set back Soviet science a few decades.