Comment by pessimizer

Comment by pessimizer 2 days ago

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> It’s possible he changed his mind over the prevailing four decades (I hope)

There's far less justification for inventing a conversion out of whole cloth.

SoftTalker 2 days ago

Obama and Clinton changed their minds on gay marriage.

  • recursive 2 days ago

    Do believe that's evidence that Fisher changed his mind on eugenics? Why do you bring that up?

    • SoftTalker a day ago

      It's evidence that people can hold opinions that while perhaps mainstream at the time, in retrospect decide they are not well founded, and reconsider them.

      I have no idea about Fisher specifically. I hadn't really heard of him until this was posted. Eugenics was popular among a lot of academics in the early 20th century however.

      • recursive a day ago

        Could be. Maybe it happened!

        The question here is about whether there is any shred of evidence that it did happen.

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