James Watson: The double helix and today's DNA mysteries

http://www.ted.com Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.

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[blattdanielmain]

@adz09ish You are an absolute idiot. Thank you, have a nice day!

[TocinazoXXL]

ADNmt/cromosoma Y patrones migratorios: nórdicos vikingos/ esclavas irlandesas, conquistadores españoles (europeos) / colombianas. Si asquenazis son geneticamente hablando indistinguibles de los palestinos (de oriente medio y descendientes de Abraham) A los españoles en latinoaméricas los llaman "gallegos" ¿eran españoles mezcla d moros y hebreos sefardies cuando llegaron a Colombia?¿lo son ahora?

Se puede forzar coito ¿y la gestación + cuidados para hijo d emigo violento?

[krnpowr]

@davidcici11 "most of things we use to today was invented by a black man" You only discredit yourself with your delusional claims.

[davidcici11]

It obviously makes it even more funnier when one of the most smartest and innovative in his field is 16% African. Who he claimed those people were inferior and less intelligent.

Nor James Watson could never significantly prove such a claim, he only said it out of terms dealing with the fact he grew up in segregated and racial times.

[adz09ish]

@lictor313 You white people are demons from the pits of hell.

[adz09ish]

White people are demons from the pits of hell

[davidcici11]

African-Americans have innovated field of technology and if you knew anything about African-American inventors or some like Dr. Ben Carson and other's realize most of things we use to today was invented by a black man. I don't use that whole stupid unjust scheme that whites are naturally smarter. It's not true, no one is naturally smarter than someone when it comes to race.

Race is a social construct it doesn't exist. their is no race gene for intelligence or for inferiority can you show me?

[davidcici11]

@FIGHTFANNERD3 That is a non-scientific assertion.There is no intelligence gene someone can inherit. There is no suprise whites score higher. Koreans score considerably less in Japan on IQ scores, but when they come to the United States they score higher than Japanese.

Does that mean Koreans are smarter than Japanese? Or ice versa. African migrants score higher than African-Americans on IQ scores, same with Mexican immigrants who score higher than Mexican-Americans. Can you explain this?

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@davidcici11 most north americans have mixture in them but whites are still smarter then blacks 

[FIGHTFANNERD3]

@the0th indeed