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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: 2) by c0lo on Monday January 14 2019, @07:13AM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 14 2019, @07:13AM (#786332) Journal

    Me I'm trying to buy land so at least my kids can be dirt farmers.

    "Fucking you, got mine" at the wannabe stage.
    Good luck, eminent domain laws are there to make sure those who can pay more for that patch of dirt will get it.

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  • (Score: 2) by Oakenshield on Monday January 14 2019, @03:26PM

    by Oakenshield (4900) on Monday January 14 2019, @03:26PM (#786452)

    "Fucking you, got mine" at the wannabe stage.

    The way I see it, OP is allocating his resources based upon long term needs as opposed to short term gain. Your vitriol is unwarranted. Would you be happier if he had said, "fuck the future, I'm buying a new iPhone" instead?

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

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 14 2019, @04:04PM (#786466)

    I always felt that using eminent domain for private sector things was a HUGE mistake. That precedent should have never been made.

    I understand that the government must sometimes have a specific plot of land for a public works projects (discontinuities in roads are not great), but unless the land will become public, eminent domain should not be allowed to be invoked.