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The Double Face Of Single-mindedness

机译:一心二意

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A fine day in 1879, a trip to the races-and for Francis Galton an opportunity to observe his fellow man. "When the horses approached the winning post, the prevalent tint of the faces in the great stand changed notably, and became distinctly more pink under the flush of entertainment," the great statistician wrote afterwards in Nature. At meetings of the Royal Geographical Society he estimated boredom levels by counting fidgets; in Africa he used a sextant and tape-measure to calculate the proportions of the buttocks of a "Hottentot" woman from afar. As he travelled about in Britain he created a "beauty-map", using a needle to prick holes in different parts of a piece of paper concealed in his pocket, recording whether the women he passed were "attractive, indifferent or repellent" (London's were loveliest).
机译:1879年天气晴朗,参加了比赛-弗朗西斯·高尔顿(Francis Galton)有机会观察他的同胞。这位伟大的统计学家事后在《自然》杂志上写道:“当马匹接近获胜站时,在看台上,普遍的面孔色彩发生了显着变化,并在娱乐活动中变得明显变粉红色。”在皇家地理学会的会议上,他通过计算烦恼来估计无聊程度;在非洲,他用六分仪和卷尺测量了远方一位“霍滕特”妇女臀部的比例。当他在英国旅行时,他创建了一张“美图”,用针刺了他口袋里隐藏的一张纸的不同部分的孔,记录了他所经过的女人是“有吸引力,冷漠还是令人反感”(伦敦最可爱)。

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