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Sir Francis Galton — A Man with a Universal Scientific Curiosity

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In a letter of 1871, Charles Darwin (1809–1882) wrote:

I have been speculating last night what makes a man a discoverer of undiscovered things; and a most perplexing problem it is. Many men who are very clever – much cleverer than the discoverers – never originate anything. As far as I can conjecture the art consists in habitually searching for the causes and meaning of everything which occurs. This implies sharp observation and requires as much knowledge as possible of the subject investigated.

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Keynes, M. (1993). Sir Francis Galton — A Man with a Universal Scientific Curiosity. In: Keynes, M. (eds) Sir Francis Galton, FRS. Studies in Biology, Economy and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12206-6_1

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