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Part Three: Francis Galton: Inventor of Eugenics

Behind the Bastards

Cool Zone Media and iHeartPodcasts

September 15, 2026

Show Notes

Robert explains how Francis Galton helped invent modern forensic science while looking for ways to be more racist, as well as continuing his weird fetish of 'measuring' attractive women.

 

Sources:

https://www.historyofdatascience.com/francis-galton-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-of-19th-century-science/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/kantsaywhere

https://unseenhistories.substack.com/p/the-disturbing-visions-of-francis-galton-gavin-evans

https://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/server/api/core/bitstreams/dfd786fa-2090-4749-bcbe-3cc7159e55b5/content

https://www.historyworkshop.org.uk/anti-racism/lies-damned-lies-and-racist-statistics/

https://www.scienceaq.com/Article/other/22011.html

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-anthropometric-detective-and-his-racial-clues/

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42042093-superior

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https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/PTCw5CJT7cE6Kx9ZR/most-people-endorse-some-form-of-eugenics

https://www.balkanweb.com/en/They-are-brother-and-sister-but-have-4-children-together.-German-couple-in-trouble-with-authorities--fighting-to-legalize-incest./#gsc.tab=0

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/blue-plaque-stories/eugenics/

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https://newhumanist.org.uk/articles/a-dangerous-calculation/

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