tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post5425692266032874380..comments2023-10-26T02:13:03.378-07:00Comments on Acting White Acting Black: Acting White: Dr. Watson and the PC PoliceJames C. Collierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268279457459050826noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-69779689810962654182007-10-27T18:56:00.000-07:002007-10-27T18:56:00.000-07:00"Therefore, it is a dismal day when a celebrated s..."Therefore, it is a dismal day when a celebrated scholar, researcher, and biologist utters discriminatory comments. "<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, reality doesn't care whether it's "discriminatory" or not; reality just "is". Science is the study of reality, or nature, and to declare that science can't be "discriminatory" is to silence it like the Church did to Galileo.Dennis Manganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16934802482968611507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-87500008698946530012007-10-23T09:41:00.000-07:002007-10-23T09:41:00.000-07:00As conscious and concerned Americans, we can not a...As conscious and concerned Americans, we can not allow history to record the 21st century as an era that allowed racist and disparaging ideologies to shackle our doctrine of tolerance and acceptance. Therefore, it is a dismal day when a celebrated scholar, researcher, and biologist utters discriminatory comments. Today, Dr. James Watson has disgraced the honor of Nobel laureate.”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-78878451033260344442007-10-22T15:22:00.000-07:002007-10-22T15:22:00.000-07:00Sorry James, I wrote:“So we can play semantics all...Sorry James, I wrote:<BR/><BR/>“So we can play semantics all day, but at the end of the day, the problem is even if you it was proven that ONE Primate species became many other Primate species, it wouldn’t prove your position on the non existence of God or the non-uniqueness of humanity.”<BR/><BR/>Pardon the word “your” it should be “a”, typo ;-)DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-84173820116439284502007-10-22T14:55:00.000-07:002007-10-22T14:55:00.000-07:00"While I do not agree with Dr. Watson in many area..."While I do not agree with Dr. Watson in many areas, I want him and others to be able to say what they think with only the fear of scientific correctness staring at them."<BR/><BR/>Dr. Watson, seems to have no fear of “political correctness” and he obviously didn't seem to fear "scientific" correctness either, since his position is not supported by science. It's funny; I just had a discussion regarding the "theory" of evolution with a fellow that quoted the good doctor. I for one find it a bit disingenuous when folks talk about how much we owe "science" when anyone criticizes or even questions some of the hypothesis that are predicated on the "theory" of evolution. I think it is disingenuous when this theory is presented as fact, kind of duplicitous at best. Sure, mosquitoes changing generation to generation is an observation of generational organism change, which is a FACT. Now people want to call organisms changing generation to generation “Evolution” and narrowly define the "theory" of Evolution by this, then Evolution is a "fact".<BR/><BR/>However, that is a bit misleading, because what is actually the “fact” that Neo Darwinism is explaining in that is “generational organism change” which may be a “part” of the broader definition of “evolution”, but is not the part that is what is generally pushed and defined in the social political discussion regarding “Evolutionary Theory” and how it relates to the origins of the Human Species.<BR/><BR/>Which is this, science posits that between 8 and 4 mya, gorillas, then chimpanzee divided from the line leading to the humans; partially based on the “FACT” that human DNA is 98.4 percent identical to the DNA of chimpanzees. Now, believe it or not I think that is a good guess, an educated guess even, BUT, it is not provable as of yet, and is not a “Truth” which is what many folks debating this "theory" and the "laws" supporting said theory are searching for. The "THEORY" in evolution claiming that ONE species (The common ancestor to apes like chimps and humans), became the different species of Apes we have today. Cannot be proven, I don't see why people doubting this hypothesis are ridiculed amongst the so-called academia.<BR/><BR/>So we can play semantics all day, but at the end of the day, the problem is even if you it was proven that ONE Primate species became many other Primate species, it wouldn’t prove your position on the non existence of God or the non-uniqueness of humanity.<BR/><BR/>As far a science goes, folks believe a theory to be fact and use it as a postulate to formulate other ideas, doesn’t mean that it will endure, like I said with the flawed scientific facts of “race” which were later proved wrong, just because majority believes something, doesn’t mean it will endure or is unchallengeable. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, as far as Dr. Watson goes, he is saying a social reality that many in the "Scientific" community believe, but just don't talk about at parties. Which only goes to prove, even with their vaunted "scientific" knowledge, many still have archaic ideas about the SCIENCE Fiction of Race.DJ Black Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15258897246879725176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25734096.post-42496819449690927582007-10-22T13:56:00.000-07:002007-10-22T13:56:00.000-07:00It's really interesting to look not only at the "p...It's really interesting to look not only at the "political incorrectness" of Watson's statement, but at some of the science behind it. Three very well-thought out scholarly books on the subject can be found at <A HREF="http://www.wspublishers.com/watson.php" REL="nofollow">Washington Summit Publishers</A>. I own all three.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com