Dubious Moments in Genetics

 

James Watson stupidly questions the intelligence of Africans, gets kicked out of England for hate speech.

(2007)

Dubious Moments in Genetics

 

James Watson promotes the Human Genome Project: “We used to think our fate was in the stars.  Now we know, in large measure, our fate is in our genes.”

(1989)

In his autobiography, Naturalist, E. O. Wilson refers to Watson as “the Caligula of biology”. 

A modern instance of the Harry Laughlin question.