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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   
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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• Political correctness is the new totalitarianismPolitical correctness is the new totalitarianism (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:26PM (4 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:26PM (#786061)

  And SJWs are the newest form of totalitarian people.

  They pretend they are interested in doing good, but what they REALLY want to do is silence the opinions of all those with whom they disagree.

  This is not "doing good" : this is EVIL in its most dangerous form, which is evil which perpetrates evil deeds using "we are doing good" as a rationalization.

  Do not believe these SJWs. They're not really about making the world better, they are about _forcing_ you to conform to their beliefs.

  One of the most important books I have read in over 50 years of reading deals with this very phenomenon. I urge all of you who still read books to read it.
  You can most likely get it for free via a library.

  https://www.amazon.com/People-Lie-Hope-Healing-Human/dp/0684848597 [amazon.com]

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• Re:Political correctness is the new totalitarianisRe:Political correctness is the new totalitarianis (Score: 0, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:49PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 13 2019, @10:49PM (#786082)

  Plus, most SJWs are gay.

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  • Re:Political correctness is the new totalitarianis(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @07:26AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @07:26AM (#786337)

    And trans. And incels

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• Re:Political correctness is the new totalitarianisRe:Political correctness is the new totalitarianis (Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Monday January 14 2019, @01:17AM (1 child)

  by Arik (4543) on Monday January 14 2019, @01:17AM (#786176) Journal

  "They pretend they are interested in doing good, but what they REALLY want to do is silence the opinions of all those with whom they disagree."
  
  Just like "social conservatives" what they want is an activist government that enforces (their) morality.
  
  They're the moral majority, come back in left-wing clothing.

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  If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?

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  • Re:Political correctness is the new totalitarianis(Score: 3, Insightful) by crafoo on Monday January 14 2019, @01:45AM

    by crafoo (6639) on Monday January 14 2019, @01:45AM (#786204)

    Yes, there is an overabundance of people who hate freedom and liberty. The difference is that the left calls themselves liberals and progressives. It's hilarious and they should be mocked for it.

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