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Manfred comments on The Cold War divided Science - Less Wrong Discussion

21 Post author: Douglas_Knight 05 April 2014 11:10PM

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Comment author: Manfred 06 April 2014 06:31:44PM 3 points [-]

I feel like this might more accurately be titled "The Soviet Union Had Some Problems With Its Scientific Establishment."

Comment author: DanArmak 19 April 2014 07:06:06PM *  2 points [-]

The most important (IMO) question the OP raises is: does the West also have some similar problems with its scientific establishment, theories wrongly promoted or rejected because of their political associations?