I discovered DNA. Maybe you've heard of it?

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/science/25cnd-watson.html?hp

Once again we turn to one of the greatest investigative sources and sources of pure journalistic truth and wisdom on the planet. No, not The Weekly World News, but rather the New York Times, the paper that I personally hold in the highest esteem. Viva la Jayson Blair!! You go, boys! You make that news up!!! Filthy hacks.

Well, imagine my not-surprise, then, when I read the above, uninformative beauty from them. After digging around, I found out what was actually said. Not on the NYT site, of course.

Referring to peoples from Africa (actually, I think it's referring to peoples descended from and currently living in Africa, but you get the point), Dr. Watson 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."
"there is no firm reason to anticipate that the intellectual capacities of peoples geographically separated in their evolution should prove to have evolved identically"
"there are many people of color who are very talented, but don't promote them when they haven't succeeded at the lower level."

Alright. There's more. These pretty well cover it however. Oh..right...this one:
"This is not a discussion about superiority or inferiority, it is about seeking to understand differences, about why some of us are great musicians and others great engineers."

So, Cold Spring Harbor cans him. Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me. He retired precipitously. There was no pressure to do so. Riiiight. He just decided that now was the time?

If a Nobel winner (he discovered DNA. Remember Crick? Yeah. That's the Watson we're talking about here) wants to talk about genetic disparity and how it could affect what we traditionally consider intelligence, I say let the man. He's earned his right to do so.

Outspoken critic of Nigeria Idang Alibi (by the way, he lives and writes in Africa. Now that takes guts) agrees with Doc Watson. I imagine if anyone asks, so does Bill Cosby. I imagine if anyone cares to ask, and if they're not frothing at the mouth too much to answer, it's likely that Louis Farrakhan and Jesse Jackson probably do not.

By the way...
Good Ol' NYT again...
Money quote:
"Three populations were studied, Africans, East Asians and Europeans. In each, a mostly different set of genes had been favored by natural selection. And genes that affect the brain have also been evolving, and they have also been evolving differently in the different populations."

Wait. Wait. Wait. What are you saying? Africans are dumber than East Asians. East Asians are smarter than Europeans? Wait. This is like one of those logic problems. Well, I guess it would be, but that's all you say. There's a bit of gobble-de-gook that in no way goes into the incredibly fascinating study done here or its portents, but this one slipped under the radar a year and a half ago.

Alright. Back to my point. Dr. Watson, thank you for your good work. Thank you for your brilliance. Those of us who appreciate it will never look down on you for stepping away from this ridiculousness and the shit storm named political correctness. Some of us understand what you were actually trying to say. Some of us don't actually think you're a racist.

Enjoy your retirement, doc. You earned it.