The co-discoverer of the double helix, James Watson, has once again placed his Nobel-icious foot in his mouth.
He was meant to give a talk today in Britain on his new book, but his appearance has been cancelled in the wake of remarks implying that people of African descent are genetically less intelligent than whites. He’s also been suspended by Cold Spring Harbor, which is perhaps a wee bit disingenuous of them, because he’s said many outre things before, and as far as I know they’ve never done anything about it.
The thing that surprises me most is not that he offended people, but that he’s now criticizing the genes of dark-skinned individuals. I thought he was on the other side – when I last saw him talk, he argued that pasty white women have inferior libidos. Oh, and that we should be genetically engineered to be prettier. What-ever. . .
Woah..I had no idea he had such a bad attitude. Maybe he ought to pay attention to what others have built on his work…yikes. I guess he’s old enough to be crotchety.
he’s just speaking the obvious, it might not be politically correct, but all you have to do is look at Africa and compare it to Europe. There is no comparison, and it’s all genetic.