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...many have suggested that his scientific reputation will be permanently tainted by his inflammatory statements. Watson’s assertion in the Times that “All our social policies are based on the fact that theirs [blacks’] intelligence is the same as ours??whereas the testing says not really” is clearly out of line. Interracial differences in intelligence have little basis in scientific fact and Watson’s flippant statement solely serves to exacerbate racial tension. For that matter, this is not the first time that Watson’s somewhat...
...most famous biologists of the 20th century, shook the scientific community last week after his comments on race were published in The Sunday Times Magazine of London. “All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours??whereas all the testing says not really,” the newspaper quoted him as saying in reference to blacks. On Thursday, the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, the Long Island research institution that Watson has led to international prominence, announced it was suspending Watson as its chancellor, pending further review...
Right now, I’m still struggling to figure out how exactly is it I’m supposed to feel about Harvard. My parents grew up during a time and in a place with a quite different value system and political circumstance from ours??the turmoil of China in the 1950s to 1970s, during which anything around you could change at any time and any provision could be taken from you at any moment...
...iced mochas and non-fat muffins, with the cashier at gunpoint. It seems as if every movie this holiday season is a remake or adaptation—“King Kong,” “The Producers,” “Yours, Mine, and Ours??—and “Dick and Jane” is no exception. Based on the 1977 flick of the same name starring George Segal and Jane Fonda, the new film ran the risk of seeming silly and unconvincing set in modern times. But scribes Nicholas...
...don’t think, even at a wealthy institution like ours??a very wealthy institution—can you just proceed as if resources are not limited...