Common Clay

Henry Herbert Goddard (1866-1957), the man who made morons

H.H. Goddard's studies of the feeble-minded helped justify eugenics policies across the world... which is a tragedy because they junk science and lies.

Categories: Most Popular, Science & Nature, Series 8, The Marvels of Science

Tags: genetics New Jersey Presented by #13 pseudo-science racism

Published: September 6, 2021

Moron or Madman? Addenda

duped by Mendelist-Morganists

We thought our episode on Trofim Lysenko was too focused on the what and when rather than the how and why. This bonus episode should clear things up.

Categories: Bonus Episodes, History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Least Popular, Science & Nature, Supplement, The Marvels of Science

Tags: agriculture biology genetics Joseph Vissanorovich Stalin Presented by #13 pseudo-science Russia Trofim Denisovich Lysenko Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Published: May 3, 2021

Moron or Madman?

in which science is subordinated to politics

Trofim D. Lysenko (1898-1976) set back the study of biology in the Soviet Union for two generations -- but the lessons you should learn from his story are not the one scientists and philosophers have pushed.

Categories: Biography, History, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Science & Nature, Series 7, The Marvels of Science

Tags: agriculture biology communism genetics Joseph Vissanorovich Stalin politics Presented by #13 pseudo-science Russia Trofim Denisovich Lysenko Union of Soviet Socialist Republics World War II

Published: April 26, 2021