1) Lots of scientists in my feed saying “about time’’ with regard to Cold Spring Harbor Lab’s severing of final ties to Jim Watson. But also lots of people saying Watson is being persecuted for unpopular scientific opinions “just like Galileo.’’https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/11/science/watson-dna-genetics.html …
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2) Here’s a screenshot so you get the idea.pic.twitter.com/6aVu3K4D4d
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3) In my previous reporting on the mischaracterization of genetic research to rationalize white supremacy, I found a large, third category of people -- non-scientists curious about race, ancestry and genes -- were often confused & misled by such messages.https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/insider/science-genetics-white-supremacy.html …
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4) So I’m just going to state a few things that might seem painfully obvious. (As I’ve said previously, I really wish scientists would do that more).pic.twitter.com/Nr8FXTqu07
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5) Galileo based his belief that the Earth revolves around the sun on evidence about the movement of Jupiter’s moons and the phases of Venus. Watson’s belief that the average IQ difference between blacks and whites is genetic is not based on evidence, because none now exists.
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6) Galileo was persecuted for speaking truth (heliocentric view of solar system) to power (Catholic Church). Watson was stripped of titles for statements that effectively bolster the claim to unequal political and economic power for the group that already holds it.
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You see, he got stripped of his titles and exiled because he opposed a powerless group By siding with the powerful he got attacked by a reporter for the NY Times - who (somehow) wasn't fired and ostracized for attacking him Because he's siding with power - obviously
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