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[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of what I learned about genetics is incorrect as when I graduated we thought DNA ran the show.

We were also wrong about why the USSR fell (not a huge surprise)

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why did we think think the USSR fell? Also DNA does run the show...damn, my genetics knowledge is shit. Apparently we graduated the same year 🤣

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I graduated when people accepted Gaidar’s propositions whole cloth and now we blame Gorbachev a lot more than we did in 2000

mRNA runs the show

Why did we think think the USSR fell?

The most common belief was that it fell because Ronald Reagan ordered Gorbachev to "tear down that wall".