DNA pioneer retires following remarks on race

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by hiake, Oct 26, 2007.

  1. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    I have absolutely no sympathy for him, I just wonder how can someone so narrow minded be so brilliant in science?
     
  2. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    Brilliant and ignorant son of a bitch.
    His comments are going to have on hell of an effect on his status.
     
  3. maybe his intellect got to his head, its nice to see we live in a day and age were racism cant be covered up with science. im sure he will get a white supremacist following.. : -/
     
  4. hiake

    hiake Vardøgr of da E.Twin

    One of those icons with a huge "what was he thinking" sticky attached to his image... I'm sure... -whistle

    Eugenics is certainly a can of worm we don't want to open... Especially not under the public limelight...
     
  5. the guy also taught that your sex drive is dependant on you skin colour (how much pigment u have). and people took him seriously!!?? or maybe he was trying to answer some personal issues??..... who knows....
     
  6. dim8sum

    dim8sum ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪....

    well he got suspended from his research job and he flew back home or something...

    shame such a smart guy did something completely stupid
     
  7. Taxloss

    Taxloss Stripper Vicar

    This scientist is probably from the old skool generation of either ignorant and/or racist researchers who'd never left his old fashioned Ivory Tower. (I mean, there were more of those types claiming the white race supremacy etc?)
     
  8. Knoctur_nal

    Knoctur_nal |Force 10 from Navarone|

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    and somehow it won't be the end for him.
     
  9. Aries

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    He is an expert in his field, thats for sure. Whether its true or NOT, shouldnt be disclosed
     
  10. moor_moth

    moor_moth Well-Known Member

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    Well if you think about it, they say that our attitudes and stuff are affected by our genes ( I don't really know if i agree with this tho) and if some cultures have more of tht certain kind of genetic disposition then its not really a wonder why he would come up to that conclusion.

    Thats only if you believe in genes determining behaviour.

    But anyway the point is how he ended up with the fact that white people are "better" than other races and the simplicity is that a lot of our society has been built up by white values, tradtitions and the like so it would be small wonder why they would excel in a environment that was created by them and mainly for them

    but yea tbh i dont believe in generalizing races like that
     
  11. i think if white people hadnt invaded all those countries in the past and taken their resources and basically raped the land, things would be quite different today.

    as i said before, a man who thinks your sex drive is dependant on you skin colour cant be taken TO seriously when it comes to his theories. i aint no scientist but im sure pigment has no effect on your sex drive.
     
  12. wind2000

    wind2000 Self Schemata

    Wow, im impressed by his brilliant statement..... NOT....Of all the ppl, he should know that genes is NOT the only thing that make a person smart or not. There's so many factors that can contribute.