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    From JAB@here@is.invalid to sci.misc on Sat Nov 8 05:01:21 2025
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    DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

    Nobel Prize-winning American scientist James Watson, one of the
    co-discoverers of the structure of DNA, has died aged 97.

    In one of the greatest breakthroughs of the 20th Century, he
    identified the double-helix structure of DNA in 1953 alongside British scientist Francis Crick, setting the stage for rapid advances in
    molecular biology.

    But Watson's reputation and standing were badly hurt by his comments
    on race and sex. In a TV programme, he made claims about genes causing
    a difference in average IQ between black and white people

    https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8xdypnz32o
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  • From JAB@here@is.invalid to sci.misc on Sat Nov 8 20:45:26 2025
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    On Sat, 08 Nov 2025 05:01:21 -0600, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    DNA pioneer James Watson dies at 97

    I don't believe he was philosophically 'intelligent' ================================

    James Watson in his own words

    "Some anti-Semitism is justified"

    "Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know
    you're not going to hire them"

    "Japan should be bombed for dragging its feet on supporting the Human
    Genome Project"

    "All our social policies are based on the fact that [Africans]
    intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not
    really"

    "I think having all these women around makes it more fun for the men
    but they're probably less effective"

    "And there's a difference on the average between blacks and whites on
    I.Q. tests. I would say the difference is, it's genetic...It's awful,
    just like it's awful for schizophrenics"

    "I'm not a racist in a conventional way"

    "There is a biochemical link between exposure to sunlight and sexual
    urges.. that's why you have Latin lovers'

    "[The] historic curse of the Irish is not alcohol, it's not
    stupidity... it's ignorance"

    "People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty. I think
    [doing so by genetic selection] would be great"

    more...

    https://liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/james-watson-in-his-own-words/
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