Comments on: Nobel Winner Apologizes For Race Remarks

DNA Pioneer James Watson "Mortified" He's Quoted As Saying Africans Are Less Intelligent

[baptox]

Dr. Watson''s statements are a result of his "edit button" beginning to fail with age. He was probably unaware that he made this statement and his previous statements.
Still, because he is such an influential scientist, his statements are destructive. Science is based on objective, rigorous research, not our personal biased opinions.

It is probably part of the human condition that we have socially unacceptable thoughts. That we occaisionally blurt things out that we have no recollection of later is a litle more of a complicated behavior.

What really fascinates me is how obsessed we humans are with identifying intelligence as such a validating attribute of individual humans and entire cultures. The ability to compromise and negotiate and exhibit compassion are attributes that are much more likely to contribute to both world peace and our survival as a species. Why aren''t these traditionally female associated attributes more highly valued?

Oops.. I''m revealing my bias..

[andor3]

someone said: "What you missed is the science behind the statement."

I missed it because there is none. A scientific statement has to be verifiable. His statement is not testable because "intelligence" is not something that can be measured to compare and race isn''t a genetic difference.

It''s like saying the ''43 Edsel was the best car ever. It''s just an opinion because it can''t be verified or proven false.

And it is an ignorant opinion, especially for a man of science who represents some prestigious labs, who rightly suspended him.

[incog-nito]

The man is wrong. He did not take into account poverty and lack of education as factors in test results. Most tests including IQ tests are largely language based, and obviously if you can barely read and understand the question you will tend to do poorly. Your IQ level is not constant. Everyone knows that you can actually improve it by training and practice. Obviously Africa is a poorer continent than say, Europe. One would think poor people are less preoccupied by their IQ score than by making a living day to day.

[lawyertom1]

Mortified, my kister. Unfortunately, Mr. Jim has been making such comments for many years.

[bennyblack1]

And it would seem that McVett is stuck in repeating the same stuff over and over again.

Now that''s a display of intelligence! It doesn''t require any thinking. Just, cut and paste. And he probably stole it from someone else.

[mcvett]

Me and da homeboi''s be hangin in da hood readin dis bullsh*t.

Yo dog, I wants to ax whitey a queshun:

wadda, wadda, wadda, wazzuup wit dis shizzle ma nizzle??

Dis cracka needs to go to
re-educashun camp (aka. sensitivity training classes)
so he can be taught to think politically correct.

nuff said, I wants to be hangin wit my homeboi''s stead-a listnin to this cracka.

LOL

[bennyblack1]

And that''s not the name of a rap group! Though the group is certainly indicative of the culture.

[bennyblack1]

kemetorigin
Hey, I agree with you on those great figures of the past, however, what you need to understand is that those men and women stood up and decided that they weren''t going to put up with the peer pressure to be status quo. They were driven by a deep desire, initiative, motivation, and the need to stand on top of it all. All great men are different for this very reason. The drive, however, did not require that they break the law. They worked hard, and rose above the status quo. They decided that a D average in school wasn''t good enough. They decided that going to college and graduating with honors was an honorable thing to do, as opposed to today''s black men and women that encourage their friends and their families to rebelliously fail. Then become gangbangers. They certainly succeeded. They succeeded at becoming not only miserable failures, but also public enemy number one.

[iceman_1960]

Here"s one for modern Black Mathematicians.

Enjoy...

http://www.math.buffalo.edu/mad/madhist.html

[iceman_1960]

I"m still waiting to see a list of great English mathematicians who lived during Greek and Roman times.