Inte helt lyckat uttalande kanske

Nu är det Nobelpris-tider. Vad kan då vara mer passande än lite visheter från ett av de stora namnen bland dem som har fått Nobelpriset genom tiderna? Enter James Watson, en av forskarna bakom upptäckten av DNA-molekylen:

James Watson, a Nobel Prize winner for his part in discovering the structure of DNA, has provoked outrage with his comments, made ahead of his arrival in Britain today.

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The 79-year-old geneticist said he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours – whereas all the testing says not really.”. He said he hoped that everyone was equal, but countered that “people who have to deal with black employees find this not true”.

Fascinerande.

Uppdatering:

Via Gustav hittar jag Greg Ladens, uhm, offensiva reaktion på Watsons idiotier:

I assert, here and now, that Dr. Watson’s remarks indicate that he is of substandard intelligence. I say this because he must know better … he is a scientist who has worked in ancillary areas, and there is simply no way that he is not familiar with the relevant scientific literature. Therefore, he must be stupid. At least, that is what the empirical evidence strongly suggests at this point.