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Nobel Prize-Winning American Scientist James Watson Stripped of Honorary Titles

posted by chromas on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the race-to-disgrace dept.

takyon writes:

James Watson: Scientist loses titles after claims over race

Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson has been stripped of his honorary titles after repeating comments about race and intelligence.

In a TV programme, the pioneer in DNA studies made a reference to a view that genes cause a difference on average between blacks and whites on IQ tests. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory said the 90-year-old scientist's remarks were "unsubstantiated and reckless". Dr Watson had made similar claims in 2007 and subsequently apologised.

He shared the Nobel in 1962 with Maurice Wilkins and Francis Crick for their 1953 discovery of the DNA's double helix structure.

Dr Watson sold his gold medal in 2014, saying he had been ostracised by the scientific community after his remarks about race. He is currently in a nursing home recovering from a car accident and is said to have "very minimal" awareness of his surroundings.

Previously: Disgraced Scientist is Selling his Nobel Prize

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:29PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:29PM (#786063)

    There's nothing wrong with you that a steel pipe won't fix.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Runaway1956 on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:32PM (8 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:32PM (#786066) Journal

    I'm not a real good welder, but I can weld that steel pipe in place after you slide it into his anus.

    • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @11:50PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @11:50PM (#786121)

      That escalated quickly!

    • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:25AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:25AM (#786135)

      Is that how you and the boat boys managed to say it wasn't gay? Seems likely to cause serious internal burns, but hey some people are into pain.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @04:15AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @04:15AM (#786259)

      Did you just threaten to ass-rape him?

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Monday January 14 2019, @07:23AM (4 children)

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 14 2019, @07:23AM (#786334) Journal

      +Informative.
      Tells heaps about the character of Runaway.

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      • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Monday January 14 2019, @07:41AM (3 children)

        by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 14 2019, @07:41AM (#786343) Journal

        LOL As sophisticated as you seem to be sometimes, I wonder if you really understand something. Ninety percent of everything you read on the on the internet is bullshit. It's up to you to figure out which is the ten percent. The post above should have been as obvious as being beaten over the head with the aforesaid steel pipe: there's not enough iron in the human body to weld a pipe to it.

        Geez, Louise, you actually have to hold some of these kid's hands!!

        Super glue, on the other hand, has some interesting possibilities in that regard.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @08:57AM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @08:57AM (#786366)

          The post above should have been as obvious as being beaten over the head with the aforesaid steel pipe: there's not enough iron in the human body to weld a pipe to it.

          Ah, I see. You feel the urge to contribute to the 90%.
          Is it because you love competitions with lots of players?

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 15 2019, @08:11PM (1 child)

            by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 15 2019, @08:11PM (#787029)

            No, he gets paid by the post.

            • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 15 2019, @09:59PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday January 15 2019, @09:59PM (#787073)

              The cheque is in the male?