Galton did not seem to realize the strength of assortative mating.
Galton makes fun of people who claim distant eminent relatives. http://galton.org/essays/1860-1869/galton-1865-macmillan-hereditary-talent.html …pic.twitter.com/ulmih9ApVQ
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The village mailman 3 gens ago should have more influence than the king 17 gens ago? Outrageous, I tell you.
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Begging the question that "high families" are arbitrary rather than the product of lines that bear talented sons/daughters
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