Galton designed it to illustrate his idea of regression to the mean,[2] which he called “reversion to mediocrity” and made part of his eugenist ideology.[3]

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    This is why fascism always appeals to “common sense.”

    There doesn’t have to be research or reason if you make it sound like it should just be.

    This is a fucking pile. No more, no less.

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      Paraphrasing Oscar Wilde: 'Common Sense is never common, and rarely sensible."