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“Desire for beauty will endure and undermine the desire for truth.”

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Book:The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us

Source: The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us

“In a Fisherian world, animals are slaves to evolutionary fashion, evolving extravagant and arbitrary displays and tastes that are all "meaningless"; they do not involve anything other than perceived qualities.”

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Book:The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us

Source: The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—And Us

“Ronald Fisher was a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science.”

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Book:A History of Mathematical Statistics from 1750 to 1930

Source: A History of Mathematical Statistics from 1750 to 1930