Eugenics

topic on 1 show · 2 statements across 1 episodes

the MAD Podcast

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MAD Insight
Wiggins: Early eugenicists believed data would improve society, not oppress it
“They weren't writing about themselves like we're the baddies and we really want to oppress the crap out of people. They wrote about themselves like we're going to do a solid for society and we're going to make society better with data.”
Chris Wiggins May 31, 2023 ▶ 8:41 A Conversation with Chris Wiggins - Author of "How Data Happened"
MAD Assertion Partly supported
Wiggins: Sir Francis Galton coined regression, correlation, and eugenics
“One of the founders of mathematical statistics we look at is Sir Francis Galton. Distant cousin of Charles Darwin, who gives us the word regression, give us the word correlation, and gives us the word eugenics.”
Chris Wiggins May 31, 2023 ▶ 8:17 A Conversation with Chris Wiggins - Author of "How Data Happened"

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