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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
(Score: 2) by RandomFactor on Monday January 14 2019, @12:30AM (1 child)
Protesting in Middle Eastern countries without superior firepower conspicuously visible is contraindicated. It is a harsh reality that activists and activism are most needed where risk is highest, and against those governments and groups that respond the most mercilessly to criticism.
Those people are worthy of respect who apply their efforts outside of the tolerant western countries, even the slightest progress on human rights in some of these places can benefit millions (e.g. Lu Guang, detained and presumably RIP or in a 'reeducation' camp as of November 2018 [soylentnews.org])
В «Правде» нет известий, в «Известиях» нет правды
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 16 2019, @09:48AM
If everyone else puts down their weapons in the middle east there will be peace.