I was wondering why few covered his death.
“However, later in life, he also drew widespread condemnation for racist remarks.
“His remarks on race and IQ in 2008 led the CSHL Board of Trustees to remove him from all administrative roles and his appointment as a CSHL Trustee,” Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory wrote. “When he made similar statements in 2020, the board revoked his Emeritus status and severed all connections with him.”
Too problematic. They're trying to figure out how to properly eulogze such a massive scientist who dared say this:
"I'm 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 quote above ruined him, left him destitute, and all of his accolades and awards negated.
“ doesn’t even make the news at CNN!”
“ I was wondering why few covered his death.”
We live in an age of ignorance and ingratitude.
Claiming to revere science, they don’t. And know and understand nothing about it.