#Galton

Michael J Barany

There's an aspect of this 2+2 thing that I think is really important and that has generally been overlooked, so you know what that means:(thread) WHAT IS ACTUALLY *RACIST* ABOUT

Dr Adam Rutherford

Humphrey Wakefield here expressing more scientifically illiterate genetic determinism. 1/x This view of hereditary genius flowing through families was expressed most clearly by Francis Galton, an undoubtedly great scientist, who

A long tweet: After listening to Angela Saini (author of Superior - The Return of Race Science) speak at the @RSSAnnualConf and then the podcast ‘Living with eugenics’ by UCL’s

Jaime Derringer

I just covered a little history of eugenics in my behavior genetics class and it never fails to surprise. If you’re in the US and/or think only the Nazis did

Brian J. Enquist

Time for a regular reminder that logarithmic transformation is often necessary in biology for biological (and not just statistical reasons).. .thread 1/x @KerkhoffLab https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022519308006681?v

A thread. Yesterday's #MUWomen was a bad day at the office. But now that I slept on it, if I'm being honest, I'd be reluctant to blame this on Casey.

THREAD: In this thread I will look at different lineups for #MUWomen for the coming season. After each lineup, I will explain my thought process and reasoning for why I’ve

The new cover article in @NautilusMag is about the sordid history of eugenics in the field of statistics. I had a conversation with @aubreyclayton a few months ago, when he

Africa's First Born® ...COVID-19 is CHINESE VIRUS!

Nearly 2400 years ago, in ancient Greece, Plato discussed the importance of population control. Aristotle advocated the use of abortion and infanticide. In 1798 an essay on principle of population

Back of the envelope #Probability for why active countermeasures needed on #coronavirus.If disease spreads by Galton-Watson process --- each sick infects random number (maybe 0) other ppl.What's probability the disease

OK, friends, this is a big one. How Eugenics Shaped Statistics, my cover story for this month’s issue of Nautilus, is now online. F*cking love science and f*cking hate Nazis?

Not the best spokesperson

Yes @RoyalArjan Meghan markle was unsuitable for the royal family and I will explain why.1. She’s not a tax dodging grifter with ofshore accounts who does charity as a cover

Dennie van Dolder

Research highlight A thread on what @MJvandenAssem and I learned about improving estimation accuracy by studying decisions made in casinos.A story involving an unlucky ox, pearls, diamonds, poker chips, and

Dr Adam Rutherford

Okey doke artichoke. This article from the Telegraph is pure culture wars bullshit. What they are proposing is traditionally called History of Science, and is taught everywhere. Assessment of historical

Let me try to explain a point which I think isn't widely known: in computing attack rates, the distribution of infectious contacts a person MAKES is less important than the

On UFOs and the paranormal and power, some thoughts.Note, I respect everyone so far in this conversation, I think they all have done serious research on this and don't disagree,