tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048879464910781933.post2691554357045066116..comments2023-10-12T00:25:24.119-07:00Comments on Talking Brains: "Avoid Boring People" - JD WatsonGreg Hickokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16656473495682901613noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048879464910781933.post-15264640516298468932007-10-27T08:24:00.000-07:002007-10-27T08:24:00.000-07:00I couldn't follow Greg's latest link, so I could b...I couldn't follow Greg's latest link, so I could be posting the same stuff again, but Watson's official reply can be found here: <BR/><BR/>http://comment.independent.co.uk/commentators/article3075642.ece<BR/><BR/>I don't think it helps him much though as various UK universities canceled his talks even after it was published.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048879464910781933.post-7824726131809755492007-10-25T12:01:00.000-07:002007-10-25T12:01:00.000-07:00A follow-up:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap...A follow-up:<BR/>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071025/ap_on_sc/controversial_scientist;_ylt=AjGd_oo12cD4Sj5ny3aCZNkDW7oFgcoganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092260987610857562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048879464910781933.post-27326865604534554702007-10-19T04:58:00.000-07:002007-10-19T04:58:00.000-07:00I think that the comments that Watson has made in ...I think that the comments that Watson has made in the past few days show, alas, that maybe he's not that smart after all. Maybe he was just a decent chemist who was at the right place at the right time. He could not avoid boring people and also not avoid insulting people, so I suppose we should not give him any more press, not buy his book, and have him skewered by Colbert.<BR/>And in that spirit: Colbert for president. Yay.David Poeppelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11733672290716484370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048879464910781933.post-78212120568258473622007-10-18T18:28:00.000-07:002007-10-18T18:28:00.000-07:00This is a bit like announcing that the milk's gone...This is a bit like announcing that the milk's gone sour -- I believe you , but I kind of want to smell it too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048879464910781933.post-83846915080999354432007-10-18T16:11:00.000-07:002007-10-18T16:11:00.000-07:00Very clever way to get the hitcount up ;-)More fro...Very clever way to get the hitcount up ;-)<BR/>More from Wired:<BR/>http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/the-dog-ate-our.htmlBill Idsardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570926308058368183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048879464910781933.post-26218125911983854332007-10-18T08:55:00.000-07:002007-10-18T08:55:00.000-07:00So, apparently he's a bit of a racist schnook as w...So, apparently he's a bit of a racist schnook as well, at least according to the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/7050020.stm<BR/><BR/>Sad that there's a hundred ways to be smart, and you only need to be one of them to get a Nobel prize (or a Nature pub!)marcjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00238308674497371526noreply@blogger.com