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Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by alextheparrot on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @10:52AM (#14401706)
Come now, Watson, when selling his medal, said he wanted to buy a painting and donate some of the money to charity [0], saying he needed it to stay afloat is disengenuous. If you can find support for Watson's statements, which he apologized for, regarding Africa's progress being correlated largely to their lower intelligence [1], I would love to explore it more.

[0] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11261872/James-Watso...

[1] http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2007/10/watson-loses-cold-spr...

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Re:Scientists Tie 52 Genes to Human Intelligence by Houshalter on Tuesday May 23, 2017 @04:07PM (#14404788)
I read that he said he was selling it because of his severely diminished income, which is true. But I guess he had enough saved and it was just for charity.
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