James Watson's lab has now suspended him and Dr Venter, who led the Genome decoding work has criticised him too

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Watson is also back peddling quickly and apologises unreservedly.

The buffoon obviously realises that his comments were offensive, uncorroborated and just downright unscientific.

I hope his lab boots him out and that all his funding sources dry up. Mind you, I think he will find support from the likes of the KKK and BNP

"Skin colour as a surrogate for race is a social concept not a scientific one," Dr Venter said. "There is no basis in scientific fact or in the human genetic code for the notion that skin colour will be predictive of intelligence."

Venter and his team pointed to the fact that people from different racial groups could be more genetically similar than individuals within the same group. Genetic studies show that there is more variability in the gene pool in Africa, than outside.

Watson must have known this (and if he did not, I seriously question his scientific acumen) so why did he make those loaded comments?

"We do not yet adequately understand the way in which the different environments in the world have selected over time the genes which determine our capacity to do different things," he is quoted as saying. "The overwhelming desire of society today is to assume that equal powers of reason are a universal heritage of humanity.

"It may well be. But simply wanting this to be the case is not enough. This is not science. To question this is not to give in to racism. This is not a discussion about superiority or inferiority, it is about seeking to understand differences, about why some of us are great musicians and others great engineers."

Well that seems reasonable, but that's not what he said!! Plus, I don't understand why he's made this about race when it has been shown that race isn't about genetics.
Sounds like he's desperately trying to put another spin on his words!