Statistics and Eugenics: Difference between revisions
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Eugenics is similar to Darwin’s “survival of the fittest”, however, this survival is not the natural survival that Darwin was describing. When he hypothesized that the fit would out survive the unfit, he did not have in mind that the fit would be scientifically defined to survive with the other “fit” ones. | |||
When trying to convince a population about something, it helps to have facts to back up what is being said. The eugenics movement was seeking out the fit ones. The movement to define these fit ones was done creating hypotheses and searching for the answer by using statistics. The application of these statistics on the other hand were misrepresented or misread to further the eugenic cause. When the eugenics movement needed to legitimize their hypothesis, the statistics where an important factor. Now, the statistics that were created have a lasting place in the mathematics community, but have lost backing in the social statistics world. | When trying to convince a population about something, it helps to have facts to back up what is being said. The eugenics movement was seeking out the fit ones. The movement to define these fit ones was done creating hypotheses and searching for the answer by using statistics. The application of these statistics on the other hand were misrepresented or misread to further the eugenic cause. When the eugenics movement needed to legitimize their hypothesis, the statistics where an important factor. Now, the statistics that were created have a lasting place in the mathematics community, but have lost backing in the social statistics world. | ||
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Why Statistics Matter
Eugenics is similar to Darwin’s “survival of the fittest”, however, this survival is not the natural survival that Darwin was describing. When he hypothesized that the fit would out survive the unfit, he did not have in mind that the fit would be scientifically defined to survive with the other “fit” ones.
When trying to convince a population about something, it helps to have facts to back up what is being said. The eugenics movement was seeking out the fit ones. The movement to define these fit ones was done creating hypotheses and searching for the answer by using statistics. The application of these statistics on the other hand were misrepresented or misread to further the eugenic cause. When the eugenics movement needed to legitimize their hypothesis, the statistics where an important factor. Now, the statistics that were created have a lasting place in the mathematics community, but have lost backing in the social statistics world.
