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I've always wondered why James Watson said what he did a while back in the article below:
I even went out to find some information on intelligence and race, reread my biology notes, and I've found nothing correlating the different races with a set-average intelligence meter. Why would an accredited scientist who won a Nobel prize say something like that? Was it that his anger for a specific person caused him to commit a fallacy known as hasty generalization? Although he apologized, I think it was more of a forceful apology and that he still believes what he stated.
Since the people here have more experience in Biology than I do currently, I wanted to discuss this as someone may point me into the right direction. It conflicts with the knowledge I've attained so far which is still fresh and the basics of biology.
One of the world’s most respected scientists is embroiled in an extraordinary row after claiming that black people are less intelligent than white people.
James Watson, a Nobel Prize winner for his part in discovering the structure of DNA, has provoked outrage with his comments, made ahead of his arrival in Britain today.
More fierce criticism of the eminent scientist is expected as he embarks on a number of engagements to promote a new book ‘Avoid Boring People: Lessons from a Life in Science’. Among his first commitments is a speech to a London audience at the Science Museum on Friday. The event is sold out.
Dr Watson, who runs one of America’s leading scientific research institutions, made the controversial remarks in an interview in The Sunday Times.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2677098.ece
I even went out to find some information on intelligence and race, reread my biology notes, and I've found nothing correlating the different races with a set-average intelligence meter. Why would an accredited scientist who won a Nobel prize say something like that? Was it that his anger for a specific person caused him to commit a fallacy known as hasty generalization? Although he apologized, I think it was more of a forceful apology and that he still believes what he stated.
Since the people here have more experience in Biology than I do currently, I wanted to discuss this as someone may point me into the right direction. It conflicts with the knowledge I've attained so far which is still fresh and the basics of biology.