I find it funny that politicians who probably have at most maybe 24 credit hours of undergraduate science think they can comment on the scientific findings that Watson has access to on a groundbreaking and daily level.
The 79-year-old geneticist said he was "inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa" because "all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours - whereas all the testing says not really".
The interesting part here is, there is no need to actually test the population's IQ or any intelligence related "Q" of choice, you can soundly make some of these arguments simply knowing the available nutrition levels of the population as a geographic group, and the population's ancestor's access to nutrition. It's only a matter of time now before what Watson said here is confirmed in some more definitive manner, that is if the PC politicians don't shut down any facility that gets close to this issue. I doubt the PC brigades will be able to hold the line here, parents/customers of designer babies will require that in vitro IQ testing be performed, and the gene sequences will have to be studied thoroughly. The market will find the answer,the genie will be out of the bottle.
I have read that poor nutrition during pregnancy, and the first few years of life have a detrimental effect on the development of the brain. There are a lot of nutritional problems in many parts of Africa.