Outrage of the Month (1). The crucifixion of James Watson. Nobody knows — nor will know, not for a century or so, anyway — what the human race owes to this brilliant scientist, one of the co-discoverers of the structure of DNA. He got the Nobel Prize for his work (sharing the prize with Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins). Now the mangled corpse of his reputation is being dragged round the walls of the city behind a chariot, to the howling glee of people who aren’t worthy to squeeze the paste onto Watson’s toothbrush for him...read all
related: a Nigerian journalist comments on the Watson affair.
