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Tortured, Contradictory: The Legacy of James Watson

A noxious atheist, Watson unwittingly pointed the way toward scientific evidence of a creator
A noxious racist, citing supposed genetic evidence of African racial inferiority, Watson’s work with DNA suggests that human beings can’t in fact be reduced to “genes.” Read More ›
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Geneticist James D. Watson (1928–2025): His Contradictory Legacy

Watson and Crick set the stage for what philosopher Stephen Meyer calls the God Hypothesis and yet Watson was a bigoted atheist and champion of pseudoscientific racism
James Watson’s science legacy is for the ages. It would be fair if his ignoble thinking about faith and race faded into the background after some time. Read More ›