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The Mismeasure of Man (W. W. Norton, 1981)

Stephen Jay Gould · c. 1981

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  1. Science is rooted in creative interpretation.
  2. Facts are not pure and unsullied bits of information; culture also influences what we see and how we see it.
  3. Theories, moreover, are not inexorable inductions from facts.
  4. Biological determinism is, in its essence, a theory of limits.

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