Race row - London museum cancelled a talk Noble Laureate
Race row sparks on comments Noble Laureate
18.10.2007 14:57:51 Race row - London museum cancelled a talk Noble LaureateScience Museum in London has cancelled a talk schedule by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
(live-PR.com) - Dr James Watson to lecture on Friday who is in Britain to promote his new book "Avoid Boring People- Lessons From A Life In Science".
Doctor James Watson Nobel Prize-winning scientist from the United States who said, "That black people are less intelligent than whites".Dr Watson is quoted as saying he was inherently gloomy about the prospect for Africa because he says, "All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours, whereas all the testing says not really".
Doctor James Watson, won the Nobel prize for medicine in 1962 as one of three people who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine for his part in discovering the structure of DNA.
Science Museum, due to host Watson on a visit to Britain publicising his latest book, said this was unacceptable.
"We know that eminent scientists can sometimes say things that cause controversy and the Science Museum does not shy away from debating controversial topics," it said in a statement.
"However we feel that Dr Watson has gone beyond the point of acceptable debate and we are, as a result, cancelling his talk."
Tickets for the talk had been sold out.
Professor Steven Rose, a neurobiologist said Watson's comments were "old fashioned and have no scientific validity"."He's notorious over a long history of his life in shooting from the hip and making remarks which are racist, sexist, homophobic, profoundly offensive," he told BBC.
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18.10.2007 14:57:51 Race row - London museum cancelled a talk Noble LaureateScience Museum in London has cancelled a talk schedule by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist.
(live-PR.com) - Dr James Watson to lecture on Friday who is in Britain to promote his new book "Avoid Boring People- Lessons From A Life In Science".
Doctor James Watson Nobel Prize-winning scientist from the United States who said, "That black people are less intelligent than whites".Dr Watson is quoted as saying he was inherently gloomy about the prospect for Africa because he says, "All our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours, whereas all the testing says not really".
Doctor James Watson, won the Nobel prize for medicine in 1962 as one of three people who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for medicine for his part in discovering the structure of DNA.
Science Museum, due to host Watson on a visit to Britain publicising his latest book, said this was unacceptable.
"We know that eminent scientists can sometimes say things that cause controversy and the Science Museum does not shy away from debating controversial topics," it said in a statement.
"However we feel that Dr Watson has gone beyond the point of acceptable debate and we are, as a result, cancelling his talk."
Tickets for the talk had been sold out.
Professor Steven Rose, a neurobiologist said Watson's comments were "old fashioned and have no scientific validity"."He's notorious over a long history of his life in shooting from the hip and making remarks which are racist, sexist, homophobic, profoundly offensive," he told BBC.
Posted by Nksagar at 5:26 AM 0 comments
Press Information:
Enkaysagar Holdings Pvt Ltd
India
Contact Person:
Mr Nksagar
Chairman
Phone: 9810974027
eMail: eMail
Web: http://www.Nksagar.com
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