First of course, Mr. Watson is a chemist and expert in DNA, what does this have to do with the topic?
Nothing. I strongly doubt if he has more qualifications to comment on this matter than I do.
Here are the words that kicked off the controversy:
“The 79-year-old geneticist said he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa†because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really.”
Hmm? So, since much of our civilization is derived from Eygpt, and Ancient Eygpt was a Black Kingdom, did they have a problem with government?
For the sake of argument, let us concede that there are differences in intelligence between that artificial construct known as “races.” For that matter, aren’t there those who hold that woman are less intelligent than men?
But let us concede both points for the sake of argument. Let us say that Blacks and Woman average four or five IQ points below European Whites. What does that mean when one realises that the differences between individuals in ONE race are far, far greater than the alledged differences between races as groups?
When a racist looks to hire someone for the position of garbage collector, if a Black Einstein walked in for the job, he would be turned down.
None of us are “equals.” There are people far more intelligent than I, and people far dumber than I. What a just society requires is equal opportunity for everyone to find their own level.
If there ARE differences between people or sexes, that is totally irrelevant to the point.
And of course, as I’ve pointed out, Mr. Watson, who apparentely knows nothing of history, has put his foot deeply down his throat and is being justifiably castigated for his stupid remarks.
Dave