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  • noun The child of one's parent's half-sibling.

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  • (I also consider Alt History one of the least interesting forms of science fiction, kinda like a nerdy, uninteresting half-cousin.)

    Science Fiction and Fantasy at the Oscars frankwu 2010

  • One thing I would add is that the modern cult of beatifying Charles Darwin is dependent upon demonizing his younger half-cousin Francis Galton.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » “The Darwin Show” 2010

  • Furthermore, not that it matters, but Galton was merely Darwin's half-cousin since they shared the same grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, but had different grandmothers.

    Eric Michael Johnson: Intelligent Design Creationists Abuse Science and Victims of the Holocaust 2010

  • One thing I would add is that the modern cult of beatifying Charles Darwin is dependent upon demonizing his younger half-cousin Francis Galton.

    “The Darwin Show” 2010

  • One thing I would add is that the modern cult of beatifying Charles Darwin is dependent upon demonizing his younger half-cousin Francis Galton.

    “Youths” Torch Cars In France On New Year’s Eve 2010

  • Darwin's worshipful younger half-cousin and sometimes collaborator Sir Francis Galton, outlived him by three highly productive decades.

    Darwin as national hero in Britain vs. pariah here Steve Sailer 2006

  • Darwin's half-cousin, who coined the term "eugenics," pointed out that since the Catholic Church was the main "career open to talents" in the medieval world, the celibacy rule for priests, monks, and nuns might have lowered the intelligence and morality level of Christian Europe.

    Archive 2005-06-05 Steve Sailer 2005

  • I will admit that the distinction between Darwinism and Galtonism is not perfectly sharp: Darwin partly got the idea for natural selection from the artificial selection being practiced for millennia by animal breeders, and his half-cousin Galton they were grandsons of the near-genius Erasmus Darwin just turned it around and proposed encouraging marriages among people with traits believed to benefit society.

    Archive 2005-06-05 Steve Sailer 2005

  • I will admit that the distinction between Darwinism and Galtonism is not perfectly sharp: Darwin partly got the idea for natural selection from the artificial selection being practiced for millennia by animal breeders, and his half-cousin Galton they were grandsons of the near-genius Erasmus Darwin just turned it around and proposed encouraging marriages among people with traits believed to benefit society.

    Jewish Telegraph Agency on Ashkenazi Intelligence by Cochran and Harpending Steve Sailer 2005

  • Darwin's half-cousin, who coined the term "eugenics," pointed out that since the Catholic Church was the main "career open to talents" in the medieval world, the celibacy rule for priests, monks, and nuns might have lowered the intelligence and morality level of Christian Europe.

    Galton's Theory of Dysgenic Catholic Celibacy: Steve Sailer 2005

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