silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoJames Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers | He co-discovered DNA’s structure but later engaged in rank racism and sexismwww.statnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down16
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minus-squareSkabySkalywag@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up81·2 days agoHe was a guest speaker at our Medical college back in 2010ish. Someone asked him about Rosalyn Franklin afterwards, and he said “…she was better to look at, than to listen to” clearly thinking it was a delightful joke. Yep, this guy was massive prick.
He was a guest speaker at our Medical college back in 2010ish.
Someone asked him about Rosalyn Franklin afterwards, and he said “…she was better to look at, than to listen to” clearly thinking it was a delightful joke.
Yep, this guy was massive prick.