James Watson, DNA Decoder, on Race and Intelligence

I can't for the life of me determine how one can determine intelligence by DNA? It's another case where one person's scientific findings might be indeed biased by something else.

I am no scientist but I bet you one thing, Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will have their tongues flapping to the reporters soon denouncing this man as a racist. If he had said that all races were the same intellectually, then the left wing progressives would hail him to the top. There is no room in the world for truth unless it is politically correct-thereby phony.

Watson is just taking evolution to it's logical conclusion which, Darwin refused to do. Like it or not, evolution demands that the races must've evolved. The climactic influence theory of race development got around that but, scientists reject that now. Their only recourse is to say what Watson is saying. Evolution is racist by it's very nature. This is the main reason why godless evolution shouldn't be accepted.

I'm sorry Getalife, where does it say in this article that the intelligence was determined by DNA? It doesn't. This scientist won the Nobel Prize for noting the structure of DNA back in '62. That's it for DNA's mention. They're talking about evolution and maybe Darwinism. I agree with you in that I couldn't understand how DNA could determine intelligence, but this article doesn't mention anything of the like.

Sure maybe his comments are offensive. Maybe a lot of people will feel bad. Maybe he's right. If he's right, should he be silent on the issue simply because it's offensive?

Dr. Watson's conclusions are contrary to my experience. Africans are mentally equal to any race I have encountered.

Watson's claim is something I and many others hope is not true. But keep looking around, and you lose hope. I live near Oakland, California. That's nearly enough to erase my hope Watson is wrong.

his findings isn't unheard of. Anyone who has done any kind of studying of the subject can easily see the findings for themselves. Or, they could just go to a neighborhood of said individuals.

I always find it interesting that when people are talking about any race other than the majority, whatever it is that they see becomes the "standard". Yet there are many ignorant people in the majority but no one says that's the way they "all" act.

There will always be people who believe what this scientist says. There will always be "statistics" to prove any kind of findings. I think that in a case like this, we need to ask exactly what is he trying to prove? Apparently this is not his first time making statements like this. So... why? Why is this so important to him? I question his intentions.

It's time for delusional liberals to face facts.

I am sure that he is backing up his opinions on scientific studies and statistical analysis. I would like to see another person scientifically disproving his findings.

Let's face it. Men (and women) are not created equal. Some groups excel more than others in different areas: Blacks excel in sports, artistic talent, physical prowess, etc.; Whites excel in business, finance, sales etc. etc; Asians excel in engineering, academia, etc. etc). Isn't that why we always stereotype people?

I've been searching for test scores divided by races countering Watson. Anyone have links?

Crystal, I think you have hit the nail on the head. Thank you!

In response to Jamie, what you fail to realize, or refuse to accept, is that the color of a person, being that for this instance black and white, are not 2 separate races, but are in fact THE SAME RACE. Human beings. Homo-sapiens. There is nothing accepted that the the color of your skin render you biologically different in terms of race. Just socially structured to make it seem like it.

It wouldn't surprise me if research showed that Asians were as a race more intelligent than all others. There are obviously visual differences and differences in susceptibility to different diseases between races, so why not differences in intelligence? Blacks can turn this into something positive to get difference educational opportunities.

I'm sure Condi Rice, Colin Powel, Dr. Martin Luther King, Desmond Tutu, Washington Carver, Ralph Ellison, Jean Toomer, Chinua Achebe, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Toni Morrison, William Julius Wilson, Thomas Sowell, Derrick Bell, John Hope Franklin, Manning Marable and millions of other black intellectuals would tend to disagree with the notion that their race is less evolved. Or is the fact that so many black intellectuals exist just an inconvenient truth?

I would like to read more on this. The person that spoke about evolution has it right, there have to be differences. I think most stereotypes are basically factual, but there are other factors.

Okay...So then...is it logical to conclude Asians are by far superior to All in terms of intelligence. I mean you can conclude this by their academic achievements in the past 30 years....Sorry Mr. Watson, but you may be missing something here...something akin to "life experience."

"thomas" asks " Isn't that why we always stereotype people?"

Easy answer: no. It takes real thought and intellectual depth to cast off the crutch of generalizations and stereotyping. Imagine having to judge people based on their individual merits... that would take real work, wouldn't it? For those of you who are satisfied with ignorance and racism, you deserve the God's back hand.

HA! Well done Appease This.