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    Part Three: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

    Behind the Bastards · Sep 15, 2026 · 1 h 17 min
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    Robert explains how Francis Galton helped invent modern forensic science while looking for ways to be more racist, as well as continuing his weird fetish of 'measuring' attractive women. Sources: https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere…

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