Friday, October 24, 2003

cooltech.iafrica.com | coolscience Stupidity should be cured � Watson

cooltech.iafrica.com | coolscience Stupidity should be cured � Watson: "The 50th anniversary of the unveiling of DNA was marked by controversy on Friday after the scientist who co-discovered the 'molecule of life' said he backed genetic manipulation to make people more intelligent and better-looking.

75-year-old James Watson, the American biologist who in 1953 shook the world when he co-discovered DNA's structure with Britain's Francis Crick, said he saw stupidity as a genetic disease that should be cured. "

Actually he just said that we should try and help the abysmally dumb, but paraphrasing is so much more fun.

You'll probably have to wait a year or so for my paper on this. I'd do it this weekend, but there's fun to be had.

Yes, that's my lesson for the weekend. Have a good one.

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