I don't know much about the shamans of Siberia other than that they faired better under Soviet times when they were simply given a few simple metallic gifts such as knives in exchange for leaving them to preserve the forest's life as they wanted it.

I also refer to Soviet biology as being an attempt at a different kind of science based on Marxist philosophy of time rather than Einsteins.

And as a defence of the regime I will also point out that it was a Soviet scientist who was the first to raise the alarm of global warming in response to rising CO2 levels.

My last post may have been propaganda, this one is factual up to a point.

I would encourage people to take broader perspectives when forming opinions and do their own research as far as possible, within the confines of good manners.

Thank you.