Clever person talks like idiot

"Fury at DNA pioneer's theory: Africans are less intelligent than Westerners"

"One of the world's most eminent scientists was embroiled in an extraordinary row last night after he claimed that black people were less intelligent than white people and the idea that "equal powers of reason" were shared across racial groups was a delusion.
James Watson, a Nobel Prize winner for his part in the unravelling of DNA who now runs one of America's leading scientific research institutions, drew widespread condemnation for comments he made ahead of his arrival in Britain today for a speaking tour at venues including the Science Museum in London. "

The wonders of unchained empiricism in the hands of the "innocent" scientist - say if the above suggestion is true - to what end? for what purpose would such research be conducted to confirm this?. I can only imagine the use of such research by idiots across the globe. Why bother helping the mindless hordes, doomed to their genetic fate?

In an article from counterpunch:

"James Watson, a Nobel laureate for discovering the structure of DNA, hopes that there will soon be a genetic breakthrough that determines a gene for intelligence. He also proposes genetic intelligence can be measured in terms of race. If this so, how would it be done? Who will create the tests? Would one take "random" samples of blacks, whites, reds and yellows? How could we trust these samples are representative of the so-called races? What about the people who are in-between or a combination of the "races"? Are people born with a genetic limit, a cap on the amount of intelligence they can have? At what age do we test people? These questions are rhetorical and meant to illustrate some reasons why scientific studies on race intelligence have failed in the past and will continue to fail in the future."

I recall a program about an English ex-marine who travels the globe, visiting remote nomadic tribes and experiencing their way of life. One African tribal elder proclaimed the unity of humanity on the basis of all having ten fingers and two eyes, thus being all the same (compare to above comments). I imagine you will find Syrian taxi drivers or peasants more enlightened than Dr. Watson.

" For all your subtleties, you yet lack wisdom"