Posted by Jed Lewison on Mon Dec 10, 2007 at 9:14 AM Pacific

Oh, the irony: James Watson is mixed-race

Watson’s Black D.N.A.: Ultimate Irony?

By Mike Nizza

It turns out that the Nobel-winning geneticist who was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” is inherently 16 percent African, or an amount of “someone who had a great-grandparent who was African,” according to a scientist who made the discovery.

Two months ago, Dr. James Watson, who helped crack the D.N.A. code decades ago, apologized for suggesting black people, over all, are not as intelligent as whites. He also resigned as chancellor of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island.

Something tells me the same cannot be said of the the world's dumbest man, Will Saletan.

Oh, the irony: James Watson is mixed-race
Watson’s Black D.N.A.: Ultimate Irony?

By Mike Nizza

It turns out that the Nobel-winning geneticist who was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” is inherently 16 percent African, or an amount of “someone who had a great-grandparent who was African,” according to a scientist who made the discovery.

Two months ago, Dr. James Watson, who helped crack the D.N.A. code decades ago, apologized for suggesting black people, over all, are not as intelligent as whites. He also resigned as chancellor of the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island.

Something tells me the same cannot be said of the the world's dumbest man, Will Saletan.

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