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genetical question, the analysis of quantitative inheritance, a field in which 

 he was a leader. One of the reasons that this science is in the doldrums is 

 that at the present time anyone who goes into it gets a thorough training 

 in Statistics which in few cases known to me is accompanied by an equally 

 sound training in mathematics. The pattern data which could be so efficient 

 in solving some of the basic problems in this field are consequently ignored, 

 or are inefficiently turned into number data. Yet this is only one of many 

 fields where the brilliant successes of statistical methods with number data 

 have blinded all but a few scholars to: 



1. Their inefficiency in dealing with patterns. 



2. The various dangers of using concepts based on randomness in what is 

 obviously a very non-random universe. 



3. The peculiar advantages of Natural History in dealing with pattern 

 data. 



4. The need for the development of logical basic procedures in fields where 

 Natural History, Statistics, and Applied Mathematics come together. 



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