Re: [xmca] Disgrace: How a giant of science was brought low

I the same way a footballer, soldier, actor or President can. What's the
problem?
Andy
At 09:22 AM 21/10/2007 +0200, you wrote:
>How can a "giant of science", who holds a Nobel Prize for work in genetics,
>playing a crucial role in the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA, be
>considered a "fool" or an "idiot"?
>
>Eirik.
>
>----------------------------------------------
>On 2007-10-21, at 05:33, Andy Blunden wrote:
> > I guess the fact that this fool holds a Nobel Prize for work in genetics
> > makes his remarks particularly dangerous. A year ago I flipped over a
> paper
> > published by the Australian Journal of Psychology which agreed with
> Watson.
> > Both idiots think that a statistical difference in educational outcomes
> can
> > only explained by genetics. Maybe a better explanation would be the lousy
> > education our anglo-saxon scientists get from our universities? Given the
> > current fad for everything genetic this is all unsurprising, but dangerous
> > nonetheless.
> > Andy
> > -------------------------------------------------------
> > Date: Wed, 20 Sep 2006 22:35:06 +1000
> > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > From: Andy Blunden <ablunden@mira.net>
> > Subject: Re: [xmca] reading ability is genetic!? (read this one!)
> >
> > Here's a paper by this group:
> > http://genepi.qimr.edu.au/staff/nick_pdf/CV382.pdf
> > They prove that differential reading ability in people is genetic using
> ...
> > statistics.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
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