Paul Taylor Quotes
Demographic transformations are dramas in slow motion.
Paul Taylor, Demographer & Poll Analyst, Senior fellow at the Pew Research Center, Quoted in The New York Times, July 12, 1915
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At the time there were two demographic changes taking place. In the developed countries there was a very large increase in the percentage of the population over the age of 65. In the less developed nations the proportions of young people was burgeoning.
The inventor of the Chi Square and Correlation Coefficient statistical methods. The lecture was also published as a political pamphlet. Pearson criticized the English Socialists who were calling for substantial immediate reforms on many fronts. Many of the reforms had much general support and the major political issue was the pace of reform.
He was discussing the situation on the Potato Famine in Ireland of 1845-1850. Note his focus on increasing mass expectations.
Most scientists do not have the skill or the totality of knowledge to accurately predict the effect of scientific research and learning on society. Many are not interested. Those who try to communicate with politicians and the public are usually met with indifference or suspicion. Above all, the scientific and mathematical literacy of the public is so weak, that it is impossible in much of science to even explain the science to the lay public much less explain its implications. Soddy was a bit of an idealist from a class society and he felt the upper classes should be better informed by scientists.
See {585430} for a classic example of this principle.
Paul Belville Taylor Jr. was an American dancer and choreographer. He was among the last living members of the third generation of America's modern dance artists. He founded the Paul Taylor Dance Company in 1954 in New York City.
