I'm struggling to understand early statisticians' belief in Eugenics. Has anything good been written about this?pic.twitter.com/wkofv5G9YC
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@kleinmatic Well, social Darwinism was not a marginal view pre-world war II.
@zeynep How could scientists as smart and diligent as Galton, Pearson and Fisher trick themselves into believing racist pseudoscience?
@zeynep And what warning does it hold for us? We are not smarter than they were.
@kleinmatic It is a warning. We swim in the values of our times. If you consider their milieu, it's not that surprising.
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