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I periodically re-post this article I wrote about Nikolai Vavilov, not because he was a brilliant scientist (he was), not because he was an extraordinary human being (he was), not because he was courageous beyond measure (he was) but because Vavilov’s story is a warning buoy for what happens when political ideology trumps science. https://nautil.us/the-botanist-who-defied-stalin-2-238393/