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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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 Posted - 12/02/2014 : 12:00:42
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Nobel Prize winner for being co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, James Watson can't get speaking gigs any more because of his bigotry:“No one really wants to admit I exist” says Watson. That’s not it. It’s more that no one is interested in his racist, sexist views. Watson, alongside Crick, will always be the discoverer of the double helix, to my mind the scientific breakthrough of the 20th century. Here’s our challenge: celebrate science when it is great, and scientists when they deserve it. And when they turn out to be awful bigots, let’s be honest about that too. It turns out that just like DNA, people are messy, complex and sometimes full of hideous errors. So the poor, poor fellow is auctioning off his Nobel Prize medal "...to buy art, supplement his income and make donations to some of the institutions he is associated with..."
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2014 : 13:17:14 [Permalink]
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Oh well...
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Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Valiant Dancer
Forum Goalie
USA
4826 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2014 : 06:32:12 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
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My Give-a-shit meter is pegged at 0.
Freedom of speech means the government can't shut you up. It doesn't mean that people will be forced to hire you as a speaker. |
Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils
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Dave W.
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2014 : 19:41:53 [Permalink]
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What V.D. said: We have a right to speak but not a right to an audience.
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
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Dave W.
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13477 Posts |
Posted - 12/11/2014 : 09:37:10 [Permalink]
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Oh good. He can sell it again.
I do like that the Russian billionaire who bought it wants his money to go to scientific research. Aside from the Hockney painting, some good comes from this. |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26022 Posts |
Posted - 12/12/2014 : 17:26:15 [Permalink]
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| Yeah, I wish I could find someone to sell my stuff to who'd then give it right back to me. Take a little cash off the top and give the rest to whomever. Rinse and repeat. |
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Poor Watson
