Levins & Lewontin on Lysenko, was Re: Cuban cows
by Louis Proyect
21 May 2002 19:40 UTC
>Lou, you've referred off and on to Levins & Lewontin, _The Dialectical
>Biologist_. They don't treat Lysenko at all like this. See Chapter 7,
>"The Problem of Lysen
> Cuban cows
> by Devine, James
> 21 May 2002 17:54 UTC
>
> from SLATE's summary of today's news from major US papers:
> >An article in
> the [Wall Street JOURNAL] says that Fidel Castro is pushing
> his scientists
> to clone milking-cows, with the goal being to replicate a famously
> product
Cuba is at the forefront of pharmaceutical research, from what I can
gather, especially considering that it is a small, poor country. I assume
that they are also working with genetic engineering and cloning as well.
I would appreciate learning more about this.
Cuba has been especially successful
>if early-onset Alzheimer's hasn't kicked in yet, the problem was not Lysenko
>himself, who was simply updating Lamarck in a period when the alternative
>Darwin-Mendel theory hadn't completely taken hold, even in the U.S. The
>problem was that Lysenko's theory became The Party Line, a line which h
LP:> Yes, of course. There is another side to Lysenko. In fact Stephen Jay
Gould treats him with considerable respect in one of his essays although I
can't remember the technical details.<
if early-onset Alzheimer's hasn't kicked in yet, the problem was not Lysenko
himself, who was simply updatin
Fidel Castro is pushing his scientists
>to clone milking-cows, with the goal being to replicate a famously
>productive, and now deceased, Cuban bovine beast. . . . The idea, according
>to the paper, was "to provide families with
>miniature milk-cows that they could keep in their apartments. The
>Lou, you've referred off and on to Levins & Lewontin, _The Dialectical
>Biologist_. They don't treat Lysenko at all like this. See Chapter 7,
>"The Problem of Lysenkoism." There were many elements involved, and it
>was no matter of mere quackery.
>
>Carrol
Yes, of course. There is another side t
Louis Proyect wrote:
>
>
>
> I don't know whether Lysenko's reputation revolved around quick, technical
> solutions. I was under the impression that he was infamous for quackery
> under pressure from Stalin.
Lou, you've referred off and on to Levins & Lewontin, _The Dialectical
Biologist_. T
- Original Message -
From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 11:53 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:26138] RE: Re: Re: Cuban cows
> I missed that part, probably since I was wandering about looking for a way
> to get
I missed that part, probably since I was wandering about looking for a way
to get my glasses fixed.
Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
> When I visited Cuba along with Jim Devine, one of the
> greatest sources of
> pride that I recall was the milk program.
> --
When I visited Cuba along with Jim Devine, one of the greatest sources of
pride that I recall was the milk program.
--
Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Lysenko is relevant, as I've been informed by a friend who's an expert on
>Soviet agriculture, because Lysenko became popular since he proposed a quick
>technical solution to a serious political-economic problem. Cuban's problems
>are completely different than those of the Stalin-era USSR, but th
I wrote:
> >I'm sorry, but it sounds as if Fidel -- or one of his advisors -- has
> >partaken of some grass grown in drawers under fluorescent lights. The
intent
> >is good, but Lysenko's ghost is hovering near-by.
Louis writes:
> Lysenko? What does he have to do with cloning? Leaving aside th
>I'm sorry, but it sounds as if Fidel -- or one of his advisors -- has
>partaken of some grass grown in drawers under fluorescent lights. The intent
>is good, but Lysenko's ghost is hovering near-by.
>
>Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
Lysenko? What does he have
- Original Message -
From: "Devine, James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 10:44 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:26131] Cuban cows
> from SLATE's summary of today's news from major US papers: >An article in
> the [Wall Street JOURNAL] says that Fidel Castro i
15 matches
Mail list logo
