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James Watson and the Insidiousness of Scientific Racism

From 1956 to 1976, Watson was on the faculty of the Harvard University Biology Department, promoting research in molecular biology. From 1968 he served as director of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), greatly expanding its level of funding and research. At CSHL, he shifted his research emphasis to the study of cancer , along with making it a world leading research center in molecular biology. In 1994, he started as president and served for 10 years. He was then appointed chancellor, serving until he resigned in 2007 after making comments claiming a genetic link between intelligence and race . Between 1988 and 1992, Watson was associated with the National Institutes of Health , helping to establish the Human Genome Project . Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Watson Full Article: https://www.wired.com/story/james-watson-and-scientific-racism/ Insidiousness, James Watson, science