“People were deep down in perversion, and God got tired of it”: what is going on in the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and who will take over the Academy after Paton’s death

The National Academy of Sciences is being reestablished in Ukraine. After the death of Borys Paton, a longtime President of the National Academy of Sciences, the battle for the highest state scientific organization is only gaining momentum. Also, some of the 5 candidates for the presidency are very unusual people.

For instance, the director of the Institute of Colloid Chemistry and Water Chemistry has recently made a serious statement that the Earth is only 15,000 years old, and standard science "strikes with stupidity." In Rubryka's report, you'll learn what's happening in the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and who can become a Head of the Academy.