On March 15, I highlighted an op-ed in Natureby science writer Angela Saini, in which she discussed—if “discussed” is the proper word for such a biased and tendentious piece—University College London’s (UCL’s) recent inquiry into the eugenic practices of Francis Galton and Karl Pearson, science pioneers who were also racists, and whose name was bestowed on UCL buildings, lecture rooms, and endowments. What irked the UCL scientists who responded below to Saini’s claims—and irked me as well, since I spent considerable time at UCL—was her repeated assertion that UCL scientists had swept its racist and eugenic history under the rug, and were lacking objectivity.
Here are some of her claims (click on screenshot to read the whole sorry piece):
Two excerpts. The first is an arrant whopper (in bold):
When a survey conducted as part of the UCL inquiry asked staff and students whether “we should separate science…
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