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

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, Disagree) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:47PM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:47PM (#786079)

    Your ad hominem attack attempts show what a sad little boy you really are. See, ad hominem attacks are the last resort of the fool who has no credible argument to make. It's typical SJW behavior. When logic fails, you pussies just start in with your name-calling.

    Stating facts is not racism. Blacks are superior at many different forms of athletic competition. Is that a racist statement ? No. It's a statement of FACT.

    You're just another SJW jerkoff.

    Thanks for the laughs, you sad little bitch. And remember, watch your mouth in public, if you don't want to end up opening a can of shit you are not qualified to handle. Because some of us are ready willing and able to teach a little bitch like you a lesson.

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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:56PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:56PM (#786087)

    All the pent up testosterone is making you a violent nutcase. There are legal hookers in Nevada, just save up your allowance and you'll finally get laid!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @11:08PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @11:08PM (#786096)

      "All the pent up testosterone is making you a violent nutcase. There are legal hookers in Nevada, just save up your allowance and you'll finally get laid!"

      .

      You'd better grow some eyes in the back of your head if you're going to smart-mouth people in the real world like you do here.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:11AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:11AM (#786127)

        Right back at you, incel. Are you still butthurt about the results of the Nuremberg trials?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:13AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:13AM (#786129)

        Did you even read the post I replied to? Are you the same AC? Is your comment going to win the Most Clueless Award for 2019?

        I don't need to insult people in real life as they usually will have a reasonable discussion instead of acting like internet tough guys. The fact that an internet argument triggered you straight into violent fantasies should be a wake up call. TMB claims he doesn't post AC so you getting upset only tells me that you are tired of being called a racist. If you're getting called such all the time maybe there is something to it and you should do some self-reflection.

        These topics bring up emotional feelings tied to family, tradition, and feelings of identity. Try to use your feelings as a guide for what is going on and use your brain's analytical capacity to analyze what is upsetting you and see if it is reasonable. Stay away from violence, it will only perpetuate the cycle and stain your soul.

        Is that enough of a serious reply for you? Just the one ad-hom to highlight the irony of you being mad about my ad-hom reply to another ad-hom mess.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:22AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @12:22AM (#786134)

          Clarification: I only mentioned TMB in the above comment because that was the only name I dropped initially, thus the AC is either mad because it actually is TMB (I don't think so) or they are racists that feel attacked by my generalized comment.