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Lysenkoism

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 22 Feb 23

New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 38 One of the most notorious names almost nobody in the West remembers is Trofim Lysenko. His horrific ideas about agriculture and biology, derived mostly from crackpot Marxist Socialist and Soviet Theory, led to the starvation and deaths of tens of millions of people in the Soviet Union and Communist China. Opposing or challenging his ideas was a one-way ticket to cancellation, reeducation, or destruction. Lysenkoism, therefore, is the enforced application of an ideological lens that distorts science, and thanks to Woke Marxism and the “Sustainability” agenda, we’re facing our own looming (and unfolding) Lysenkoist catastrophe …

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New Discourses Bullets, Ep. 38 One of the most notorious names almost nobody in the West remembers is Trofim Lysenko. His horrific ideas about agriculture and biology, derived mostly from crackpot Marxist Socialist and Soviet Theory, led to the starvation and deaths of tens of millions of people in the Soviet Union and Communist China. Opposing or challenging his ideas …

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The Diminishing Returns of Reducing Medical Risk

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 8 Feb 23

In the United States, the issues that patients ask about during routine medical check-ups have been changing. Reports of physical symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath and racing heartbeats… View Post The post The Diminishing Returns of Reducing Medical Risk appeared first on Areo.

In the United States, the issues that patients ask about during routine medical check-ups have been changing. Reports of physical symptoms like chest pain, shortness of breath and racing heartbeats… View Post The post The Diminishing Returns of Reducing Medical Risk appeared first on Areo.

Unusual Bodies: A Conversation with Alice Dreger

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 5 Jan 23

In this episode of our Two for Tea podcast, editor-in-chief Iona Italia talks to researcher, journalist, historian of science and novelist Alice Dreger—one of the most fascinating polymaths among the current… View Post The post Unusual Bodies: A Conversation with Alice Dreger appeared first on Areo.

In this episode of our Two for Tea podcast, editor-in-chief Iona Italia talks to researcher, journalist, historian of science and novelist Alice Dreger—one of the most fascinating polymaths among the current… View Post The post Unusual Bodies: A Conversation with Alice Dreger appeared first on Areo.

The Pernicious Folly of Pursuing Zero Covid

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 8 Nov 22

I often return from my hospital rounds as an infectious disease consultant having seen zero COVID-19 patients. Over the past few months, this has become a common occurrence—not only when… View Post The post The Pernicious Folly of Pursuing Zero Covid appeared first on Areo.

I often return from my hospital rounds as an infectious disease consultant having seen zero COVID-19 patients. Over the past few months, this has become a common occurrence—not only when… View Post The post The Pernicious Folly of Pursuing Zero Covid appeared first on Areo.

IVAN ILLICH’S HOUR OF LEGIBILITY

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 12 Oct 21

Originally Published on Parallax:  https://parallax-media.eu/andrew-sweeny/ivan-illichs-hour-of-legibilityContinue reading on Medium »

Originally Published on Parallax:  https://parallax-media.eu/andrew-sweeny/ivan-illichs-hour-of-legibilityContinue reading on Medium »

The New Epidemics

By: The Posts Author | Posted on: 13 Feb 19

Photo by Drew HaysThis article has been translated into Portuguese. Originally published Friday, December 9th, 2005.Did you know that right now, we are in the midst of a disease epidemic that is already at least 100 times more prevalent than the feared polio epidemic of the 1950s?Most people don’t know it. Their ignorance testifies to the novel character of this disease, the lowered expectations we have for human health, and the atomization of community that has rendered sickness into a private affair.The myth of ascent would have us think that medical technology has largely conquered the great viral epidemic diseases that once held humanity …

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Photo by Drew HaysThis article has been translated into Portuguese. Originally published Friday, December 9th, 2005.Did you know that right now, we are in the midst of a disease epidemic that is already at least 100 times more prevalent than the feared polio epidemic of the 1950s?Most people don’t know it. Their ignorance testifies to the novel character of this disease, the lowered …

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