Summarizing the complexities of human behavior using models appears as an unpleasant echo from the past. Statistical pioneers Karl Pearson and Francis Galton we

Summarizing the complexities of human behavior using models appears as an unpleasant echo from the past. Statistical pioneers Karl Pearson and Francis Galton were strong proponents of social Darwinism aka scientific racism [1, 2]. The biggest problem with an observational approach to aggregate human behavior is that it generally ignores internal structure and makes hasty judgements based on mere appearance. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pearson#Politic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Pearson#Politic [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton#Heredity_and_eugenics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Galton#Heredity_and_eu...