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The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould
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Yes, although science relies on cold, hard quantification; it is, at the end of the day, a human enterprise and thus, subject to all of our varieties of weaknesses, biases, opinions, and ugliness. I think this book should be on the reading list for all budding scientists (including myself): beware, you my wrap your research in all the fancy analysis and mathematical formulation that you want, but you can still be led astray and down the path of bad science and logical fallacies.

The book does really make you question the usefulness and validity of standardized tests that are a critical part of western higher education. ETS itself will admit that current research is mixed at best with regards to correlating GRE performance with graduate school success.
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December 26, 2017 – Started Reading (Other Paperback Edition)
December 26, 2017 – Started Reading
December 26, 2017 – Shelved
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January 1, 2018 –
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January 1, 2018 – Finished Reading

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