There was no genetic evidence shown and his "reasons" could easily be refuted by a sociologist. Education will play a much bigger role in intelligence than genetics when it comes to large groups.
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Keith Vaz, the Labour chairman of the Home Affairs Select Committee, said today: “It is sad to see a scientist of such achievement making such baseless, unscientific and extremely offensive comments.
“I am sure the scientific community will roundly reject what appear to be Dr Watson’s personal prejudices. These comments serve as a reminder of the attitudes which can still exist at the highest professional levels.”
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If the entire scientific community denies his claims, I would take this as more personal reasoning than anything since he has shown to be prejudice against gays in the past.
10-18-2007, 01:09 AM
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