#StatsSky #EduSky I have been on a reading spree, deeply trying to understand the role of eugenics in the history of statistics. I just thought I'd share this paper which has helped me understand Fisher a bit. www.nature.com/articles/s41... - ThreadSky

statstipton.bsky.social • 140 days ago

#StatsSky #EduSky I have been on a reading spree, deeply trying to understand the role of eugenics in the history of statistics. I just thought I'd share this paper which has helped me understand Fisher a bit. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41437-020-00394-6

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alexjparton.bsky.social•140 days ago

Why has every statistician I've met been *fascinated* by the historical lives of famous statisticians, and how horrible they were as human beings? Not a dig. Genuinely curious.

statstipton.bsky.social•139 days ago

I'm not sure about others, but for me this has been a process of trying to learn my field's history so as not to repeat it. My genuine question has been: Yes, Fisher was not a great dude, but did/how might his eugenist views impact the development of the models we use today?

alexjparton.bsky.social•139 days ago

That makes total sense. Obviously you can't separate the person from their work.

philipncohen.com•139 days ago

Thanks for sharing. Maybe I'm being dense, but I have read this passages a few times and can't understand how this allowance was to be structured. Do you understand it?

snowdaylearninglab.org•139 days ago

Making me laugh the number of times the author is like, “Look, this SEEMS racist but it’s not modern racism it’s like olde timey racism/classism. But yeah, still bad.”

statstipton.bsky.social•139 days ago

Yeah I should have been a bit clearer - what I appreciate here is the identification of places in his work where there are problems. Their interpretations are more forgiving than mine.

snowdaylearninglab.org•139 days ago

I understood ya!

altealorenzo.bsky.social•135 days ago

Relatedly, you might find our article of interest: https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae077

ansleyerickson.bsky.social•139 days ago

Glad you’re digging into this. Have you encountered Khalil Muhammad’s with yet?

ansleyerickson.bsky.social•139 days ago

^work

statstipton.bsky.social•139 days ago

Ooh no! What do you recommend?

ansleyerickson.bsky.social•139 days ago

Condemnation of Blackness has a broader scope, but the first chapter or so has some history of stats, late 19th-early 20th C

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