DNA Discoverer: Blacks Less Intelligent Than Whites
Paul Wagenseil, FoxNews Thursday, October 18, 2007
James D. Watson, 79, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in medicine, He recognized that the prevailing belief was that all human groups are equal, but that "people who have to deal with black employees find this not true."
Acknowledging that the issue was a "hot potato," the lifelong Democrat and avowed secular humanist nonetheless said his beliefs were not an excuse to discriminate against blacks.
"There are many people of color who are very talented," said Watson, "but don't promote them when they haven't succeeded at the lower level."
He told the interviewer, a former student of his, that he had recently inaugurated a DNA learning center near
Controversial DNA scientist retires
MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer Thu Oct 25, 11:45 AM ET
James Watson, famous for DNA research but widely condemned for recent comments about intelligence levels among blacks, retired Thursday from his post at a prestigious research institution.
Watson shared a Nobel Prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins in 1962 for co-discovering the structure of the DNA molecule. He is one of
In his statement Thursday, Watson said that because of his age, his retirement was "more than overdue. The circumstances in which this transfer is occurring, however, are not those which I could ever have anticipated or desired."
…. A profile quoted him as saying that he's "inherently gloomy about the prospect of
Excuse me... but I must admit that I for one, am not disappointed that such a "brilliant" man as Dr. Watson is obviously shown to be not so "brilliant" after all.
Is this what happens when you begin to drink your own intellectual "Kool-Aid"?
This is the sort of thing that never ceases to catch me off-guard... perhaps I should be more cynical but I am not... so when a "scientist" jumps out of his lab with "ground-breaking" news like this I don't know about anybody else but it's more than hurtful, it makes me angry.
Nothing like having your kids hear about how they are "intellectually inferior" or how they can't/won't succeed at a "lower level" (whatever that means).
Anyway, any thoughts are welcome... you can post them right to my blog for everyone to read, that would be awesome!
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I am not sure that being a "life long Democrat" or "human secularist" has anything to do with his repugnant views on race. Is the implication that if you are some how more "Republican" or a "person of faith" that you are less likely to be a racist? Seems to me that Bob Jones, Pat Robertson, the "Southern Strategy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_strategy)" and countless other examples refute that notion.
Hey... don't kid yourself... if and I stress "if" loosely, this guy had in fact been a Republican, evangelical (since they are the latest group of cultural and political boogeymen & women)... there is no doubt in my mind that the AP article, in particular, would have been sure to include that piece of info in their piece as well!
The verse in scripture that says that God will make foolish the wisdom of the wise seems to apply here...to the extreme.
How timely that Dr. Yancey was at Westbrook a few weeks back!
Fortunately, the now-retired Dr. Watson will be written off as a man who should have been ushered into a good long-term care facility a few years back.
I was one of those people who thought that science was done by people with complete objectivity. Thus allowing them to say that what they saw in there work is what they saw and no "massaging" of the data occurred. I believe that this view of science is still among us as a culture. This view seems to give what science and scientist have to say more weight.
Unfortunately, after going through the system myself and seeing how some science/scientist conduct their work. I now take all research reports, and I do mean all, that I read with a very very large grain of salt.
Some scientists are motivated by greed, fame and sheer out right meanness to fellow peers and students in a field that claims itself to be held to the ultimate standard of objectivity.
But unfortunately, since our culture still views science as the standard to go by, some people will take his word for it because he is a Nobel prize winner and must know what he is talking about since he has his PhD and is "smart".
Hey Good to see you after all these years.
It's unfortunate that regardless of education acquired or how much time has passed, some people actually learn very little. The more things change the more they stay the same. We, as christians, must continue to pray and use Jesus as our example. We have nothing to prove to anyone but Him. We must definitely not buy into this way of thinking ourselves or allow our children to - That would really be a tragedy. Anyone can come up with surveys or statistics to prove whatever they want to prove but this does not make their results valid.
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