Today, the mathematical principles of statistics have been mostly strained from this historical hotchpotch, and the discipline now stands as an adjunct to numerous fields, eager to direct and assist investigation. But we still struggle with the dual nature of the figures it creates; with their part-invented, part-discovered character. Statistics about education, income, and IQ are used to make sweeping judgements about whole nations and races,
Like the last chapter, it is stopping with the worst examples of oppression and glossing over recent uses of the same tools for opposing purposes.
