Definition: The dangerous delusion of rejecting established, evidence-based science because it clashes with your ideology or wishful thinking, leading to widespread, entirely preventable disaster. Named after the Soviet quack who declared genetics ‘bourgeois pseudoscience,’ forcing farmers to ruin crops and livestock based on magical thinking. This brand of logic causes mass starvation, destroys scientific progress for decades, and somehow convinces other nations to repeat the same catastrophic mistake, proving ideology is a terrible substitute for reality.
Example: “The CEO implemented some real Lysenko Logic, ignoring all the market research because it ‘didn’t align with his vision.’ Now the company’s tanking, and he’s blaming ‘counter-revolutionary forces’ in accounting.” “Classic. He starved the budget based on vibes, and now we’re all facing the famine.”