What the term "Galton's Fallacy" really means?

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Dr. Arjun Yallappa Pangannavar

Please refer http://www.ilovephilosophy.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=164915

Sendhil Ramadas

I guess the term "Galton's Fallacy" fits to several inferences.

Read "Galton's fallacy and economic convergence" from the Oxford Economic Papers [doi:10.1093/oep/51.1.4]

B. Swaminathan

econ.lse.ac.uk/~dquah/p/dp-93galfall.pdf

Well this is a beautiful piece on Galton's fallacy and the tests on convergence hypothesis. Hope this may offer some light.