[Mojave]

Surely the USSR didn’t have cash to flash around on things with no evidence.

Your faith in the rationality of Communism is misplaced.

Look up Lysenkoism.

[TomOnTheRun]

Your faith in the rationality of Communism is misplaced. Look up Lysenkoism.

I've no faith in it being rational - but they meet the same practical limits of money that other people do. Dialiectical genetics was an ideological decision and people will sacrifice for ideology. Where would the ideological commitment to ESP come from? How about USA exploring it? And Britain? I think Israel did as well.