June 2011 PMID 21666803

The mismeasure of science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on skulls and bias.

Jason E Lewis, David Degusta, Marc R Meyer, Janet M Monge, Alan E Mann, Ralph L Holloway

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The discussions demonstrate a strong consensus dismissing Gould as biased or fraudulent, citing the reanalysis by Lewis et al. and calling Gould's work a 'hack' or 'bogus.' The tone is often confrontational, with words like 'fraud,' 'misrepresented,' and 'debunked,' emphasizing the controversy and the importance placed on scientific accuracy and integrity.

AgreementLow agreement

Most discussions strongly reject Gould's conclusions, labeling him a biased or even fraudulent researcher, indicating considerable disagreement with his work.

InterestModerate interest

While many participants are highly engaged with the topic, their focus is mainly on discrediting Gould rather than exploring new ideas, suggesting moderate to high interest.

EngagementHigh engagement

Numerous posts reference specific studies, critiques, and historical debates, showing deep engagement with the scientific and methodological issues involved.

ImpactModerate impact

The discourse centers around correcting historical scientific inaccuracies, which could influence views on scientific integrity, but the direct practical impact remains limited.

Abstract in brief

  • Gould critiques Samuel George Morton’s methods and conclusions about skull size, arguing that Morton’s data was biased and influenced by his preconceived beliefs about race and intelligence.
  • Gould highlights how Morton’s collection and measurement of skulls were subject to errors and biases, which led to misleading conclusions about racial differences in intelligence.
  • The article emphasizes the importance of scientific integrity and the need to recognize and correct biases in research, using Gould’s analysis as a cautionary example.]

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arctotherium
@arctotherium42 · X

@briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rather than far-superior modern data and methods, and you wouldn't understand factor analysis if you read a dozen textbooks on it. https://t.co/KmV6zYhrGn

Feb 22, 2025 · 474 likes · 9 shares · 24,400 followers View post →
Crémieux
@cremieuxrecueil · X

Source: https://t.co/xdie6RWlU8

Feb 23, 2025 · 246 likes · 7 shares · 281,034 followers View post →
Craig Murphy
@CraigMurphy8881 · X

@eyeslasho Ideologues will not only ignore evidence they don't like; they'll fake evidence they need to support their worldviews. Consider Stephen Jay Gould. "Ironically, Gould's own analysis of Morton is likely the stronger example of a bias influencing results." https://t.co/xIxcYYQxii

Feb 5, 2024 · 47 likes · 2 shares · 717 followers View post →
gen0m1cs
@gen0m1cs · X

Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridiculed by scientists in the fields Gould attacked. https://t.co/fBaKo4oL2B https://t.co/n1D0Fdt5Zs https://t.co/SMZMmza6p8

Feb 22, 2025 · 40 likes · 8 shares · 29,817 followers View post →
Unity of Knowledge
@injudiciou18664 · X

@charlesmurray Stephen Jay Gould was a Marxist fraud who twisted data to serve his ideological agenda rather than presenting honest science. https://t.co/UpzMfpov0f A careful 2011 re-examination of his critiques, published in PLoS Biology, reveals that his accusations against 19th-century

Feb 22, 2025 · 22 likes · 3 shares · 1,463 followers View post →
Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特
@teortaxesTex · X

"The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias" https://t.co/35MxpzFVLt Richard J Haier, "The Neuroscience of Intelligence" https://t.co/DH3tHW9dKy Review of "Experimenter Effects In Behavioral Research" https://t.co/KAwy4dsHTf

Sep 5, 2024 · 19 likes · 49,486 followers View post →

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Theory of the Dog
@TheoryoftheDog · X

@charlesmurray The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias https://t.co/8kuMtn1UtR

Nov 7, 2025 · 715 followers View post →
usecommonsense
@sensefoundwhere · X

@yamnex673 @p0tzombie420 @BWLH_ Consensus: Human “races” are social fiction, not bio-reality. Judge people on deeds, not discredited skull porn. Sources: https://t.co/OtPxxW88QN https://t.co/UoT7XbBiqV https://t.co/lfkA7KCVfM https://t.co/ogjeIM5aGv We can keep going btw lol.

Nov 1, 2025 · 50 followers View post →
yamnex673
@yamnex673 · X

@sensefoundwhere @p0tzombie420 @BWLH_ -they found the same result: asians and whites have larger brains than blacks. Sources: https://t.co/qRh7GX5sla https://t.co/kLcF20WTAS https://t.co/dJ3vMMLD0m https://t.co/RuT2YNsVgZ https://t.co/mWHTvMQdj5

Nov 1, 2025 · 1 like · 54 followers View post →
Noroc
@FindingWhatFits · X

@grok @PhdDavinsky @DoutoredOne @HmanQuotes1945 @outtatime200028 “The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias” (2011) – PLOS Biology J. Michael . re-measured Morton’s skull collection and argued Gould misrepresented Morton’s data.

Sep 10, 2025 · 52 followers View post →
Theodor von Kek
@Inte94235Pseudo · X

@aufheben_njoyer @narrenhut All culminating in Marxoid egalitarian "scientists" who are too lazy to go and measure the skulls they write about because equality must be true due to muh moral dogmas: https://t.co/Fe35Cu78Vs https://t.co/LCKEhDqz5V

Sep 7, 2025 · 1 like · 71 followers View post →
Harry Daniels
@HDaniels1959 · X

RT @gen0m1cs: Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridicul…

Aug 24, 2025 · 8 shares · 373 followers View post →
Stephen Deagle
@DeagleStephen · X

@WalterCrankKite @Tbomb1337 @SebastianShemi @jeremykauffman Lewis, Jason E., et al. (2011). “The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias.” Published in PLoS Biology, Vol. 9, Issue 6, e1001071. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001071

Aug 6, 2025 · 1 like · 54 followers View post →
Katsushi Kagaya
@katzkagaya · X

この論文のグールドの批判を批判した論文。 https://t.co/ag5jQFkivN

Jul 11, 2025 · 2 likes · 3,716 followers View post →
Acaru
@t_acaru · X

https://t.co/3f7mv5oy0K https://t.co/to31bpgNH2

Jul 6, 2025 · 2 likes · 17,052 followers View post →
beak into
@beakint0 · X

https://t.co/A845EiHxQB モートン関連の問題を指摘した記事 と原論文 https://t.co/UIHs7nc7pb

May 10, 2025 · 16 followers View post →
Christopher John Lee
@JunHongLi56447 · X

RT @gen0m1cs: Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridicul…

Mar 24, 2025 · 8 shares · 127 followers View post →
The Prolific Pig-Man
@RobertG00014723 · X

RT @cremieuxrecueil: Source: https://t.co/xdie6RWlU8

Feb 24, 2025 · 7 shares · 986 followers View post →
Sasha Gusev
@SashaGusevPosts · X

@athundt @protecttruth_ Haven't read it but I've seen the critiques and they are generally very weak. Lewis et al. (https://t.co/5EjygwkxU6) gets trotted out a lot but seems like a complete non sequitur (see response here: https://t.co/iy66RYK005).

Feb 23, 2025 · 3 likes · 20,436 followers View post →
CynicalFatigue
@CynicalFatigue · X

RT @cremieuxrecueil: Source: https://t.co/xdie6RWlU8

Feb 23, 2025 · 7 shares · 1,068 followers View post →
Marshal Law
@CiabanItReal · X

RT @cremieuxrecueil: Source: https://t.co/xdie6RWlU8

Feb 23, 2025 · 7 shares · 1,156 followers View post →
Richard Gardner
@RIchgard · X

RT @injudiciou18664: @charlesmurray Stephen Jay Gould was a Marxist fraud who twisted data to serve his ideological agenda rather than pres…

Feb 23, 2025 · 3 shares · 1,168 followers View post →
Unity of Knowledge
@injudiciou18664 · X

RT @injudiciou18664: @charlesmurray Stephen Jay Gould was a Marxist fraud who twisted data to serve his ideological agenda rather than pres…

Feb 23, 2025 · 3 shares · 1,463 followers View post →
BeefStreem
@BeefStreem · X

RT @injudiciou18664: @charlesmurray Stephen Jay Gould was a Marxist fraud who twisted data to serve his ideological agenda rather than pres…

Feb 23, 2025 · 3 shares · 480 followers View post →
peekpeakpeek
@peekpeakpeek · X

RT @cremieuxrecueil: Source: https://t.co/xdie6RWlU8

Feb 23, 2025 · 7 shares · 462 followers View post →
TheMewTwix
@doctormew · X

RT @cremieuxrecueil: Source: https://t.co/xdie6RWlU8

Feb 23, 2025 · 7 shares · 257 followers View post →
Crémieux
@cremieuxrecueil · X

Source: https://t.co/xdie6RWlU8

Feb 23, 2025 · 246 likes · 7 shares · 281,034 followers View post →
LeighM_O
@_LeighM_O · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 23, 2025 · 9 shares · 1,014 followers View post →
Unity of Knowledge
@injudiciou18664 · X

@briebriejoy The Mismeasure of Man is trash. Stephen Jay Gould was a Marxist fraud who twisted data to serve his ideological agenda rather than presenting honest science. https://t.co/UpzMfpp2PN A careful 2011 re-examination of his critiques, published in PLoS Biology, reveals that his

Feb 23, 2025 · 2 likes · 1,463 followers View post →
TexFlyer
@FlyerTex · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 22, 2025 · 9 shares · 954 followers View post →
Skibidi Rizz
@rizzlerman18 · X

RT @gen0m1cs: Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridicul…

Feb 22, 2025 · 8 shares · 61 followers View post →
Sun Wukong
@Gwinnplane · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 22, 2025 · 9 shares · 830 followers View post →
Maxargues
@Maxargues247 · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 22, 2025 · 9 shares · 446 followers View post →
Unity of Knowledge
@injudiciou18664 · X

@charlesmurray Stephen Jay Gould was a Marxist fraud who twisted data to serve his ideological agenda rather than presenting honest science. https://t.co/UpzMfpov0f A careful 2011 re-examination of his critiques, published in PLoS Biology, reveals that his accusations against 19th-century

Feb 22, 2025 · 22 likes · 3 shares · 1,463 followers View post →
X
@Bill32102499244 · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 22, 2025 · 9 shares · 8,202 followers View post →
No
@DunDunMassacre · X

RT @gen0m1cs: Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridicul…

Feb 22, 2025 · 8 shares · 635 followers View post →
Star Lasswell
@StarLasswell1 · X

RT @gen0m1cs: Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridicul…

Feb 22, 2025 · 8 shares · 2,531 followers View post →
King Micky
@KingMic14442611 · X

RT @gen0m1cs: Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridicul…

Feb 22, 2025 · 8 shares · 2,161 followers View post →
Jay Riemenschneider
@EatsHorseATT · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 22, 2025 · 9 shares · 509 followers View post →
gen0m1cs
@gen0m1cs · X

RT @gen0m1cs: Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridicul…

Feb 22, 2025 · 8 shares · 29,817 followers View post →
PayPerViewPirate
@per_pirate · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 22, 2025 · 9 shares · 249 followers View post →
gen0m1cs
@gen0m1cs · X

Undergraduates read The Mismeasure of Man, parroting its nonsensical propaganda lifelong, unaware it was debunked and ridiculed by scientists in the fields Gould attacked. https://t.co/fBaKo4oL2B https://t.co/n1D0Fdt5Zs https://t.co/SMZMmza6p8

Feb 22, 2025 · 40 likes · 8 shares · 29,817 followers View post →
Antarctican Ice Enjoyer
@HappyPenguin900 · X

RT @arctotherium42: @briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rat…

Feb 22, 2025 · 9 shares · 118 followers View post →
arctotherium
@arctotherium42 · X

@briebriejoy Gould was an actual fraudster, his book relied on debunking misinterpretations of century-old evidence rather than far-superior modern data and methods, and you wouldn't understand factor analysis if you read a dozen textbooks on it. https://t.co/KmV6zYhrGn

Feb 22, 2025 · 474 likes · 9 shares · 24,400 followers View post →
the500mphtortoise
@the500mphtorto1 · X

@Tonya_Aria @ATLCWorker Gould lied constantly throughout the book but the worst case was with Samuel George Mortons skulls, accusing him of cultural bias whem goulds measurements were completely wrong. https://t.co/veE0I3Q6ki

Jan 13, 2025 · 2 likes · 29 followers View post →
Bernhard B
@BernhardB10 · X

@Midhache @igivesashit Det var samma inom evolutionär biologi, med en hel grupp marxistiska vänster-kreationister. De svarade aldrig på hur komplexa system skulle kunna byggas av annat än evolutionärt tryck. Här är en avslutande artikel om hur de gjorde propaganda även där: https://t.co/WwezHaEZbY

Jan 6, 2025 · 625 followers View post →
Damn O' Driscoll
@DamnDriscoll · X

@Paizleejoe @BernieGoeres @worthwatchlng https://t.co/xfZ2aOosnR https://t.co/BJM3hkdub3 https://t.co/yibvbJ8fIx Many such studies, you wouldnt need any studies at all, just some critical thinking to conclude such thing, anyways heres 3.

Dec 22, 2024 · 22 followers View post →
Maria
@mariaforx · X

RT @MengHu13: Remember that 2011 study by Lewis et al? Gould reanalyzed Morton's skull data, accusing him of selective reporting & sampling…

Dec 19, 2024 · 1 share · 818 followers View post →
Meng Hu
@MengHu13 · X

Remember that 2011 study by Lewis et al? Gould reanalyzed Morton's skull data, accusing him of selective reporting & sampling manipulation. Gould concluded there was no race difference. But it's Gould who manipulated the data to "prove" Morton wrong. https://t.co/ozTP3firP5

Dec 19, 2024 · 13 likes · 1 share · 2,613 followers View post →
Unity of Knowledge
@injudiciou18664 · X

@cremieuxrecueil Would you consider Stephen Jay Gould to be the archetype of this kind of academic? https://t.co/UpzMfpov0f

Nov 16, 2024 · 8 likes · 1,463 followers View post →
Unity of Knowledge
@injudiciou18664 · X

@eyeslasho Dear Sir, I am sure that you are aware that Stephen Jay Gould's efforts to discredit Samuel Morton have been debunked, but hopefully this will reach your followers. https://t.co/yDUeXHaGzt #SamuelMorton #StephenJayGould #Marxist #Fraud

Oct 20, 2024 · 1 like · 1,463 followers View post →
Unity of Knowledge
@injudiciou18664 · X

Here's another link to the article exposing the late Harvard Professor Stephen Jay Gould as a Marxist charlatan: https://t.co/A7rNr6NOQD

Oct 3, 2024 · 1 like · 1,463 followers View post →
OSG
@_5397_ · X

@duncanoe2 @Kenneth54226775 @CandideIII @kamilkazani https://t.co/DbFqzcOmLf

Sep 29, 2024 · 500 followers View post →
lumpyboi
@maximally_great · X

@AR90169736 @hsu_steve can't tell if you're joking or not but the mismeasure of science was a great rebuttal reanalyzing morton's data: https://t.co/lRSjm9hO2P

Sep 5, 2024 · 4 likes · 180 followers View post →
Teortaxes▶️ (DeepSeek 推特
@teortaxesTex · X

"The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias" https://t.co/35MxpzFVLt Richard J Haier, "The Neuroscience of Intelligence" https://t.co/DH3tHW9dKy Review of "Experimenter Effects In Behavioral Research" https://t.co/KAwy4dsHTf

Sep 5, 2024 · 19 likes · 49,486 followers View post →
D. Mark Gracë
@DMarkGrace · X

@pearlythingz There are also racial differences in brain size. https://t.co/SRlRADpVPi

Jun 11, 2024 · 1 like · 44 followers View post →
Matthew Hahn
@3rdreviewer · X

@HuxleyanWorld @arvidagren @PattenLab and fairly insightful about Gould's agenda: https://t.co/djWPdfYdLY

Apr 8, 2024 · 3 likes · 11,754 followers View post →
ALABASTER_APE_X
@ALABASTER_APE_X · X

RT @CraigMurphy8881: @eyeslasho Ideologues will not only ignore evidence they don't like; they'll fake evidence they need to support their…

Feb 5, 2024 · 2 shares · 529 followers View post →
Craig Murphy
@CraigMurphy8881 · X

@eyeslasho Ideologues will not only ignore evidence they don't like; they'll fake evidence they need to support their worldviews. Consider Stephen Jay Gould. "Ironically, Gould's own analysis of Morton is likely the stronger example of a bias influencing results." https://t.co/xIxcYYQxii

Feb 5, 2024 · 47 likes · 2 shares · 717 followers View post →
Tom Wenseleers now @twenseleers.bsky.social
@TWenseleers · X

@visjevangen @gerardgovers @jdceulaer Dit was een studie waarbij de vermoedelijk wetenschappelijk juiste conclusie is komen bovendrijven. Dit was een respons op claims van S.J. Gould's in The mismeasure of man. Maar vraag blijft wie er finaal beter wordt van deze resultaten. https://t.co/JUYyxq1Gd3

Jan 23, 2024 · 1 like · 20,573 followers View post →
Haché Aime
@AshayAime · X

@TheBulldoz @brandon_ti45695 @marxovitch @MarquisdeSabbat @ibalkany Euh, t'es au courant que Gould a littéralement été dénoncé comme étant un menteur ? https://t.co/xAS26vWxER

Jan 9, 2024 · 87 followers View post →
Craig Murphy
@CraigMurphy8881 · X

@charlesmurray @TennLion This article certainly casts the title "Mismeasure of Man" in a different light! https://t.co/xIxcYYQxii https://t.co/CtdgBYbhHu

Nov 29, 2023 · 717 followers View post →
Oluff
@olov103404 · X

@charlesmurray @TennLion Didn't they re-do Samuel Morton measurements of cranium volumes, that showed that he didn't skew his result? Thus showing that it was actually Gould who was the biased one with an agenda to push https://t.co/TNem5unTED

Nov 26, 2023 · 2 likes · 101 followers View post →
Alice Teller
@AliceTeller · X

RT @neovictorian23: Stepehen Jay Gould, the scientific fraud? https://t.co/SD1iDXxefm

Nov 22, 2023 · 1 share · 8,424 followers View post →
Neovictorian
@neovictorian23 · X

Stepehen Jay Gould, the scientific fraud? https://t.co/SD1iDXxefm https://t.co/OsU3YMZ59f

Nov 22, 2023 · 10 likes · 1 share · 3,184 followers View post →
Dreams Turn Dark
@DreamsTurnDark · X

@AlexBreitenbac3 @John_Tee_Ford @wayotworld Indeed, and Lewontin's analysis is an example of such fraud. Likewise with Stephen Gould's similarly politically motivated falsification of cranial volumes: https://t.co/fzrzXWPM9z

Oct 18, 2023 · 1 like · 985 followers View post →
Federico Vaggi
@F_Vaggi · X

@joolsd https://t.co/64u1sW9d3a

Oct 6, 2023 · 1,914 followers View post →
Anime Hitler
@AnimeHitler3 · X

@WillowBranch9 @burneracctpart2 @heartlesslyrich @FromKulak "Our analysis of Gould's claims reveals that most of Gould's criticisms are poorly supported or falsified." You are wrong. Throughout your entire life, evil people have lied to you about fundamental matters of great importance. https://t.co/EOZLKf6bvc

Aug 27, 2023 · 5 likes · 200 followers View post →
David Pinsen
@dpinsen · X

@xiaoha1968 @Steve_Sailer @kenklippenstein @RichardHanania Gould's book was convincingly refuted in this paper: https://t.co/hp0lMuqqG8

Aug 7, 2023 · 3 likes · 9,575 followers View post →
Fallen Emperor
@Fallen_Emper0r · X

@xiaoha1968 @Biorealism @Steve_Sailer @kenklippenstein @RichardHanania Literally the very first Google result. https://t.co/vlXir2QA36

Aug 7, 2023 · 5 likes · 100 followers View post →
Anime Hitler
@AnimeHitler3 · X

@Pelhamgren @AshaLogos At least that Jew's malicious posthumous libel masquerading as "scholarship" has been so thoroughly refuted that very few dare to defend it. https://t.co/EOZLKf6bvc

Jun 3, 2023 · 1 like · 200 followers View post →
Pennywise Fren
@PennyWiseFren · X

@Cambarrett2306 @onward2slvtn @Xero1two3 @TheRetardinator @TheOldWeeb @Kissurcomrades found that Blacks averaged about 5 cubic inches less cranial capacity than Whites. These results have stood the test of time (Gordon, 1934; Simmons, 1942; Todd, 1923). https://t.co/5uVqJoDzh4 https://t.co/mHejhsf5Hy https://t.co/nfCpk4ssXF

May 14, 2023 · 1 like · 515 followers View post →
Anime Hitler
@AnimeHitler3 · X

@a_man_in_black @remnantposting @thomaharadja Present to me a single set of data showing sub-Saharans outperforming East Asians in any intellectual capacity. You can't. Here's why: https://t.co/EOZLKf6bvc

May 10, 2023 · 1 like · 200 followers View post →
Pennywise Fren
@PennyWiseFren · X

“IQ is retahrded” because I don’t have no higher than KoKo the gorilla https://t.co/5uVqJoDzh4 https://t.co/ax3D8b9D3y https://t.co/pga1ZY4htt

Apr 30, 2023 · 515 followers View post →
Eric Busboom
@ericbusboom · X

@refudiatem @FabianS88 @kareem_carr The most recent critique is that SJG seriously misrepresented his analysis of Morton's brain size research. Basically, SJG was guilty of the bias that he attributed to Morton. https://t.co/Omfiat6z59

Apr 17, 2023 · 212 followers View post →
Franck Ramus (compte déserté)
@FranckRamus · X

@CyniqueDeGauche Le livre de Gould est assez malhonnête et complètement à charge. A aucun moment il ne donne une idée fidèle du consensus scientifique (ni celui de l'époque, ni a fortiori celui d'aujourd'hui). Lisez cet article sur son traitement des travaux de Morton: https://t.co/mrHJFUzQcf

Apr 14, 2023 · 13,635 followers View post →
Nika Green
@Surya8h · X

@JeffYoungerTX Caucasians had the biggest brains, averaging 87 cubic inches (1,426 cc), Africans had the smallest brains with an average of 78 cubic inches (1,278 cc). "The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias" (PLOS Biology, June 2011

Mar 12, 2023 · 160 followers View post →
Nika Green
@Surya8h · X

@RalphS_Maier Caucasians had the biggest brains, averaging 87 cubic inches (1,426 cc), Africans had the smallest brains with an average of 78 cubic inches (1,278 cc). "The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias" (PLOS Biology, June 2011

Mar 12, 2023 · 160 followers View post →
Justin van der Hooft
@jjjvanderhooft · X

RT @slavov_n: Correcting for biases can be tricky. What helps are direct and accurate measurements. https://t.co/tNAKM1qnv6 via @PLOSBi…

Jan 28, 2023 · 2 shares · 5,903 followers View post →
Alessandro Bartolomucci Lab
@BartolomucciLab · X

RT @slavov_n: Correcting for biases can be tricky. What helps are direct and accurate measurements. https://t.co/tNAKM1qnv6 via @PLOSBi…

Jan 27, 2023 · 2 shares · 1,509 followers View post →
Prof. Nikolai Slavov
@slavov_n · X

Correcting for biases can be tricky. What helps are direct and accurate measurements. https://t.co/tNAKM1qnv6 via @PLOSBiology

Jan 27, 2023 · 8 likes · 2 shares · 21,232 followers View post →
Herman
@observeherm · X

@Prehistorica_CM @SBattle74527 Gould was a fraud. https://t.co/pdVgKXfGva

Aug 11, 2022 · 2 likes · 68 followers View post →
kamalahivesupporter
@kamalahivefan · X

@ReforgedSwordo @GodCloseMyEyes The paper was published just over a decade ago. It could never, ever, be published today. It will probably "disappear" if anyone notices it. https://t.co/0t0WuaCgg3

Aug 1, 2022 · 6 likes · 562 followers View post →
Alex Beyman
@AlexBeyman · X

@lbcyber @Rainbow_Silks @agpasquella Yeah and he falsified data in service of that goal: https://t.co/uavazDUPcn

Jul 6, 2022 · 469 followers View post →
Alex Beyman
@AlexBeyman · X

@Rainbow_Silks Gould falsified data in order to shore up his beliefs: https://t.co/uavazDUPcn

Jul 6, 2022 · 469 followers View post →
Friend of the Talking Bird
@DrugGovoruna · X

@patrickdgatti @IonaItalia https://t.co/79DtUX3ZMd

Jun 24, 2022 · 1,580 followers View post →
Alex Beyman
@AlexBeyman · X

@theoggayfrog I am aware of such accusations. I am also aware that, when those accusations are investigated, the opposite often turns out to be true: https://t.co/uavazDUPcn

Jun 10, 2022 · 469 followers View post →
Either Ellen or Dr. Chapman
@diggingellen · X

Blakey points out that Mann and Monge, the anthropologists at the heart of the decision to retain Tree and Delisha Africa's remains ad use them for teaching, are coauthors on this piece defending Samuel Morton's "objectivity" in his skull measurements. https://t.co/ZMAi53u37N

Jun 1, 2022 · 1,058 followers View post →
Alex Beyman
@AlexBeyman · X

https://t.co/uavazDUPcn

Apr 27, 2022 · 469 followers View post →
i/o research
@iointelresearch · X

More here: https://t.co/Y1JshbCXJA

Apr 13, 2022 · 1 like · 24,474 followers View post →
100 Qin Shihuangdi
@QinShihuangdi44 · X

@ElonBachman Not a book, but there is this paper. https://t.co/K47AzsHonW

Apr 1, 2022 · 38 followers View post →
Epistemologie ab der 1. Klasse VS
@EpistemologieVS · X

@trishankkarthik @nntaleb @stephen_wolfram By criticism, do you mean J. Lewis et al. PLoS Biol. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001071; 2011, or is there more?

Feb 22, 2022 · 197 followers View post →
PLOS Biology
@PLOSBiology · X

RT @EvolOdonata: Also interesting to hear about the debunking of the smearing attempts of Stephen Jay Gould and his book "The Mismeasure of…

Feb 20, 2022 · 1 share · 102,231 followers View post →
Erik Svensson
@EvolOdonata · X

Also interesting to hear about the debunking of the smearing attempts of Stephen Jay Gould and his book "The Mismeasure of Man" and a dissection of the false claims made by critics in this article in @PLOSBiology (discussed 26 minutes in to the podcast): https://t.co/pmAmRyaWF6

Feb 20, 2022 · 2 likes · 1 share · 7,923 followers View post →
John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt
@debeehr · X

RT @genologos: @jessesingal Do you know about this paper on his claims in the Mismeasure of Man? https://t.co/kkDZjvbbZk

Jan 27, 2022 · 1 share · 951 followers View post →
Mike White
@genologos · X

@jessesingal Do you know about this paper on his claims in the Mismeasure of Man? https://t.co/kkDZjvbbZk

Jan 26, 2022 · 3 likes · 1 share · 2,343 followers View post →
GeoScience.net
@GeoSciences · X

The mismeasure of science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on skulls and bias https://t.co/kHHNRYn9hw

Nov 13, 2021 · 403 followers View post →
AMEXAndrewSPG
@AMEXAndrewSPG · X

@samthielman @crissinaz @Atrios Wade is a crank, but in this case, wasn't he just summarizing the paper published in PLOS? https://t.co/3FNuPpAxRI

Oct 31, 2021 · 4 followers View post →
Die grüne Katze
@diegrueneKatze · X

@Chekhovs_Gunman @TometoJemeto Analysis of skull shape and volume is absolutely part of physical anthropology, including racial taxonomy. Claiming it is “more related to environmental factors” is a complete fabrication. Here is a Marxist ideologue being exposed: https://t.co/UPZJgrliTF

Oct 19, 2021 · 5,644 followers View post →
Radio Free America
@CordMeyer3 · X

@DStrungk @a_centrism https://t.co/FeaCEQLg9Q His whole “mismeasure of man” book is bogus. He simply made the numbers up.

Aug 13, 2021 · 1 like · 53 followers View post →
Careless
@InfinityBall · X

@itsbirdemic @UDepravity @JamesLingford @BretWeinstein Never read https://t.co/sNEyrWk4Js ?

Mar 1, 2021 · 73 followers View post →
Hotel Kwanada
@Hotel_Kwanada · X

@MarlboroughJE https://t.co/mvzLeUU0GH

Feb 9, 2021 · 1 like · 84 followers View post →
Kelic
@ven_kelic · X

@sadAdam97 @Maksy74286093 @thuletide Also Gould was made that claim in the 70s and was wrong. https://t.co/u6DbMa6bk1

Jan 4, 2021 · 99 followers View post →
June "Wakalix",
@TWakalix · X

https://t.co/e1rJrV2T0l wait, you can just *check* the skulls that morton measured?? why didn't we do this first? empiricism uber alles

Nov 21, 2020 · 1 like · 815 followers View post →
Jeannotin
@YannSkolan · X

RT @Jeannotin_Guern: @itsbirdemic I'm a great fan of Gould in general and of The Mismeasure of Man in particular. Gould's critics repeatedl…

Nov 8, 2020 · 1 share · 736 followers View post →
Jeannotin
@YannSkolan · X

@itsbirdemic I'm a great fan of Gould in general and of The Mismeasure of Man in particular. Gould's critics repeatedly exhibit a publication supposed to refute Gould's claims on skulls measures by Morton. What do you think about? https://t.co/ZRwe0gPtN9

Nov 8, 2020 · 1 like · 1 share · 736 followers View post →
Jean-Claude Fox
@JeanClaudeFox2 · X

@JeffRouder @dingding_peng It has been argued Gould's own RPs were somewhat Q: https://t.co/e987fXdOXe

Aug 22, 2020 · 1 like · 327 followers View post →
Kawai_Yusuke
@fiddler_K · X

The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias https://t.co/A2bhm1cM5N

Jul 30, 2020 · 349 followers View post →
Jotto
@Jotto999 · X

@ Anyone still talking about Morton, Gould: "...Ironically, Gould's own analysis of Morton is likely the stronger example of a bias influencing results [11]." Gould was a hack, and the intelligence field is worlds beyond the fricking 1830s. https://t.co/lyJWHoaCWB

Dec 8, 2019 · 881 followers View post →
Ash Paul
@pash22 · X

The Mismeasure of Science: Stephen Jay Gould versus Samuel George Morton on Skulls and Bias https://t.co/pY0Cu9PIFI via @DavidWrites1 et al

Oct 2, 2019 · 32,293 followers View post →
Swapnil Hiremath @hswapnil.medsky.social
@hswapnil · X

@michelaccad @RogueRad BTW, SJG wrote a bestseller, but made up the stuff https://t.co/WXK3tO76KH Even NYT agrees: https://t.co/ysM8cOjg2y

Oct 1, 2019 · 2 likes · 21,703 followers View post →
Swapnil Hiremath @hswapnil.medsky.social
@hswapnil · X

@barttels2 Ha Masterful prose or not, SJG book allegations were not accurate See https://t.co/WXK3tO76KH Or in the grey lady https://t.co/ysM8cOjg2y

May 12, 2019 · 1 like · 21,703 followers View post →
Walker Percy Gryce
@percy_gryce · X

@BDSixsmith @AnAimlessJoy @FlyWhisk https://t.co/TraPXB2dA3

Feb 18, 2019 · 4,352 followers View post →
Ben Sixsmith
@BDSixsmith · X

@FlyWhisk Because it was a very bad book https://t.co/WqCBlLr0X4 https://t.co/Iirj8JLSr0

Feb 18, 2019 · 1 like · 56,206 followers View post →