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DNA Pioneer: Africans are less intelligent

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-16 21:45

One of the world's most eminent scientists was embroiled in an extraordinary row last night after he claimed that black people were less intelligent than white people and the idea that "equal powers of reason" were shared across racial groups was a delusion.

James Watson, a Nobel Prize winner for his part in the unravelling of DNA who now runs one of America's leading scientific research institutions, drew widespread condemnation for comments he made ahead of his arrival in Britain today for a speaking tour at venues including the Science Museum in London.

The 79-year-old geneticist reopened the explosive debate about race and science in a newspaper interview in which he said Western policies towards African countries were wrongly based on an assumption that black people were as clever as their white counterparts when "testing" suggested the contrary. He claimed genes responsible for creating differences in human intelligence could be found within a decade.

http://news.independent.co.uk/sci_tech/article3067222.ece

Name: Anonymous 2007-10-17 20:40

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Richard Dawkins has described the purpose of life as nothing more than the propagation of DNA.  Only about 20% of our DNA actually means anything.  The rest is simply junk DNA along for the ride.  The DNA isn't conscious obviously, but it does control our genetics and consequently our evolution.  If white women only have one kid, they FAIL.

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