discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all their weaknesses and diseases. The converse of this law is very far from being its numerical opposite. Because the most probable deviate of the son is only twothirds that of his midparentage... Science - Page 265edited by - 1885Full view - About this book
| 1886 - 804 pages
...extravagant expectations of gifted parents that their children will inherit all their powers, it no less discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit...that the most probable deviate of the midparentage is 4, or that of the son. The number of individuals in a population who differ little from mediocrity... | |
| 1886 - 978 pages
...extravagant expectations of gifted parents that their children will inherit all their powers, • it no less discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all their weaknesses and diseases. The number of individuals in a population who differ little from mediocrity is so preponderant that it... | |
| 1886 - 574 pages
...extravagant expectations of gifted parents that their children will inherit all their powers, it no less discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all their weaknesses and diseases. It will be gathered from what has been said, that a midparental deviate of one unit implies a midgrandparental... | |
| Peter L. Bernstein - 1998 - 404 pages
...extravagant expectations of gifted parents that their children will inherit all their powers, it no less discountenances extravagant fears that they will inherit all their weaknesses and diseases. 37 This was bad news for Galton, no matter how elegantly he articulated it, but it spurred him on in... | |
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