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Science and Dogmatism in China
13:09 - 17:03 (03:53)
Scientists in China connected with scientists around the world to learn and uncover truth, without being dogmatic like in Stalin's time. The speaker explores the idea of how changing one's beliefs can alter the nature of science and its outcomes.
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The podcast discusses how Stalin’s teachings about gradual changes leading to rapid, radical transformations affected Soviet biologists’ understanding of science and their experimentation with altering plants.
13:09 - 15:30 (02:20)
Science
Summary
The podcast discusses how Stalin’s teachings about gradual changes leading to rapid, radical transformations affected Soviet biologists’ understanding of science and their experimentation with altering plants.
ChapterScience and Dogmatism in China
EpisodePart Two: The Russian Scientist Who Helped Kill 30 Million People
PodcastBehind the Bastards
Scientists in China, like scientists everywhere, connected with other scientists around the world to uncover truth; they were not dogmatic about beliefs.
15:31 - 17:03 (01:32)
Science
Summary
Scientists in China, like scientists everywhere, connected with other scientists around the world to uncover truth; they were not dogmatic about beliefs. In the past, fascist eugenicists scientists who accepted heritability were arrested or forced to denounce their old beliefs.