Got an early look at the new PBS documentary on Jim Watson, out tomorrow. It is infuriating and sad to see him reaffirm his infamous view — unsupported by any genetic evidence — that black people are intrinsically less intelligent than others.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/01/science/watson-dna-genetics-race.html …
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When his original comments were published in a British newspaper in 2007, he immediately backtracked. Of course he had to, given the international firestorm. But he’s been largely out of the public eye for awhile now. This seems like a conscious choice, to make this his legacy.
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Even if not surprising coming from Watson, it is awful to see a scientist of his stature reinforce the most pernicious of racial stereotypes on camera. And the film does a beautiful job showing the impossibility of reconciling this aspect of him with his scientific contributions.
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History will find it easy to reconcile his scientific contributions with the fact that he was one of the few people willing to publicly assert the truth about racial differences in intelligence. Be sure to revisit these tweets after the first admixture studies on IQ are done.
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You been talking to my elementary school teachers?
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