Lysenkoism and the population control movement.
The case of Lysenkoism in the Soviet Union helps us understand how people's wrong beliefs can be influenced by what the information they receive from outside, especially when there is a large volume of media coverage and there is no contrary information to be heard. The population control movement in contemporary United States has many parallels to the Lysenko episode.
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College of Business and Management, University of Maryland, College Park 20742-1815, USA.
D005828:Genetics, Population; D006801:Humans; D011056:Political Systems; D011157:Population Dynamics; D014481:United States