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# [I refit Galton's 1886 height data. The slope is still 0.66, not 1.](https://forgottentheorieshashnodedev.hashnode.dev/i-refit-galtons-1886-height-data-the-slope-is-still-066-not-1?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Francis Galton spent a chunk of the 1880s measuring families. He had

May 11 · 6 min read · forgottentheorieshashnodedev.hashnode.dev  
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