Dismissal of the director of the Institute of General Genetics that bears his name. Vavilov Alexander Kudryavtsev of the Russian Academy of Sciences violates the ethics of the scientific community due to his religious views. This view was expressed in an interview RIA News Priest Fyodor Lukyanov, chairman of the Patriarchal Commission of the Russian Orthodox Church on family issues, protection of motherhood and childhood, said:
The cleric recalled that during the Soviet period, genetics was considered pseudoscience because it contradicted the unproven hypothesis of the British naturalist Charles Darwin.
At that time, according to Lueyanov, conscientious scientists were excluded “because of their commitment to the true picture of the world order.”
The church representative pointed out that the biblical story of the creation of the world is recognized by many great scientists and that their religious beliefs do not prevent major discoveries from being made.
In this context, the priest called on those who oppose Kudryavtsev to “learn from great scientists” before resorting to discrimination based on religious beliefs.
The Director of the Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences has changed. The Ministry of Education and Science did not specify the reason for the dismissal of geneticist Alexander Kudryavtsev. However, in a speech at a scientific and theological conference in 2023, he stated that people in the past lived for 900 years and that sins caused mutations and genetic diseases. The scientist’s words caused a wide public reaction. The RAS Commission to Combat Pseudoscience was angry that a person with such views was leading the RAS Institute. More details material “Newspapers.Ru”.
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