Karl Pearson (1)
- Eugenics – journey to the dark side at the dawn of statistics - Apr 27, 2016.
Today is the 80th anniversary of the death of Karl Pearson, one of the founding father of statistics (correlation coefficient, principal components, the p-value, and much more). He was also deeply involved with eugenics, a jarring reminder that truth often comes bundled with a measure of darkness.