Invention of the white race // Rakesh on eugenics

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 02:16 PM 5/29/98 -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>I agree with all you said. My only point, lifted from Gould, was that their
>strongest case was able to explain 5% of social outcomes, which is pretty
>useless. On their own terms it's bullshit. Their own terms are even more
>bullshit than their stats, but I don't think anyone here would disagree.

Doug:

I did not try to argue against your point, just to expand on it.  I think
you are correct that their own models are even more crappy than their stats
and that is what my posting was about.

Regards,

WS