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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 Monday January 14 2019, @01:18AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @01:18AM (#786178)

    Harvard is indeed discriminating based on race along with every other affirmative action institution. Whether that is good or bad is not as clear according to your linked article.

    Racial discrimination is racism, it is always bad since it overlooks the individual.

    using them to say "white people are smarter than black people" is racist.

    Caucasians are statistically less intelligent than Asians and Jews - still racist?

    IQ tests have gotten better for sure, have some amount of use but they say nothing about the genetics of intelligence. Know how I can say that with 100% confidence? Because geneticists don't even know how to define intelligence let alone the genes that affect it.

    Sure [nih.gov] but you just keep on with your "racist echo chamber" bullshit when people discuss scientific evidence.