Karl Pearson, one of those guilty of perpretrating the first "significance test", also had a penchant for eugenics, going so far as to set up a journal on the topic called "Annals of Eugenics". Here's a contemporary review of his first paper for the journal.
This should serve as a warning to all scientists: You could be wrong! Please don't jump to conclusions too quickly, or hindsight will one day laugh at you. That is, if your ideas have not led to the destruction of mankind.
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