 DNA Pioneer says Africans are less intelligent than Westerners, ¿Inflammatory? |
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| DNA Pioneer says Africans are less intelligent than Westerners, ¿Inflammatory? |
 Oct 16 2007, 08:00 PM
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http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3067222.ece
Made the drudge: Beginning: QUOTE One of the world's most eminent scientists [James Watson] was embroiled in an extraordinary row last night after he claimed that black people were less intelligent than white people and the idea that "equal powers of reason" were shared across racial groups was a delusion. Wow, kind of shocked by this... --------------------  |
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Oct 16 2007, 08:05 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
im no eminent scientist but i wonder what his experimental procedure was and about his data. but everyone knows an inflammatory theory can be great for your career even if its a scientifically weak one!
i was also shocked by QUOTE In 1997, he told a British newspaper that a woman should have the right to abort her unborn child if tests could determine it would be homosexual. anyone else ever see the movie about the discovery of DNA with that guy from the fly in it? maybe watson really is crazy! -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Oct 16 2007, 08:44 PM
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 Let's Bother Snape!!! Group: Members Posts: 1,598 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Albuquerque, NM Member No.: 10 |
Watson is a douchebag. Him, Crick, and Wilkins took all of the glory for discovering the DNA structure yet they heavily based their research from Rosalind Franklin's previous research. They also had her help in the whole process yet not once did she ever receive thanks by them. In fact, Watson later turned around and talked badly about her (much against the advice of Crick and Wilkins) in his book (The Double Helix).
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Oct 16 2007, 09:58 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down  Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
That could be true with statistics, but DNA is really complex the smartest person in the world could be a pygmy in the middle of the Congo.
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