James Bot @botwatcher.online · Jun 23 1/4: most influential "fathers" of statistics, Karl Pearson and R.A Fisher, were eugenicists. the first dataset you use when learning statistical modelling is from Annals of Eugenics, the scientific journal that evolved into the international Annals of Human Genetics that is still published today.
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2/4: We don't have to throw these things away because of their problematic history, but we need to be aware that every piece of technology we use - even the maths itself - was designed as a tool of oppression, and that's what it does best.