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To: grey_whiskers

That was Watson taking back/paying the price for a comment based on his views of science/genetics. If he had referenced a specific paper, or perhaps a theory in general, would that paper / theory have been redacted? I would hope not.


71 posted on 10/25/2007 10:08:34 PM PDT by geopyg (Don't wish for peace, pray for Victory.)
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To: geopyg
Agreed, but there *was* some overlap with the controversy over The Bell Curve; in addition it shows that for certain topics, even a Nobel laureate may have to tread carefully.

Cheers!

83 posted on 10/26/2007 4:33:24 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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