I am inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa because all our social policies are based on the assumption that their intelligence is the same as ours — whereas all the testing says not really.
— James Watson Modern

Co-discoverer of DNA structure

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Interview with The Sunday Times

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2007

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/race-row-scientist-james-watson-still-backs-h…

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