Francis Galton
British eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist (1822–1911)
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Videos Mentioning Francis Galton
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Andrew Huberman
A 19th-century colleague of Darwin who popularized the phrase 'nature versus nurture.'
Science-Based Mental Training & Visualization for Improved Learning
Andrew Huberman
Scientist who published 'The Statistics of Mental Imagery' in 1880, one of the earliest quantitative studies on mental visualization.
Collective Stupidity -- How Can We Avoid It?
Sabine Hossenfelder
A statistician who conducted an experiment in 1907 where the average guess of about 800 people for the weight of an ox was remarkably accurate.
Civilization #58: Birth of the Nation-State
Predictive History
Charles Darwin's cousin and a proponent of eugenics. He advocated for systematically eliminating 'bad genes' from the population through methods like sterilization and execution to maintain racial purity, ideas that significantly influenced policies in the US and Germany.
What is "Intelligence"?
Sabine Hossenfelder
British polymath and cousin of Charles Darwin, credited with early attempts to measure intelligence through sensory and perceptual tasks.
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Tim Ferriss
A Victorian polymath and cousin of Charles Darwin, whose ox-weight guessing experiment at a fair illustrated the wisdom of crowds, with the collective guess being surprisingly accurate.
How to Change Someone’s Perspective | Buenos Aires | TED Idea Search
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A statistician who conducted an experiment on the 'wisdom of crowds' by averaging guesses at a country fair, demonstrating collective intelligence.
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British scientist who, in 1906, conducted a study on popular judgments at a country fair to try and disprove the wisdom of crowds, but instead demonstrated it.