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Wow! I didn't know that Watson was so cool!

• zackattack 17y ago
  He's also racist, though that may be accredited to his senility: http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/18/science.race/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/10/18/science.race/inde...
  • Shooter 17y ago
    I have two good friends from the science fair circuit that worked for him at CSHL. They both (separately) said he has been a huge jerk for many years, a jerk of legendary proportions. Except they used different words for jerk. They said he frequently made off-color jokes and had some "interesting" theories, but that they didn't really think he was actually racist. Neither friend liked him, but they both really respected him - especially his stance on patents. [The last time I put something like this on HN - something anecdotal and mildly negative - it was about Billy Mays, and he died a few days later. If Watson dies this week, it's not my fault...he's old.]
  • fifteendegrees 17y ago
    Perhaps he's senile or perhaps he's too old to care about effects of his words on his career (like all the other biologists).