December 9, 2014
Do you know how much is a Nobel Prize gold medal?
- $4.8m, James Watson sold his medal early this month.
"In 2007, the Sunday Times ran an interview with Dr Watson in which he said he was “inherently gloomy about the prospect of Africa” because “all our social policies are based on the fact that their intelligence is the same as ours – whereas all the testing says not really”.
He told the newspaper people wanted to believe that everyone was born with equal intelligence but that those “who have to deal with black employees find this not true”.
Mr Watson said he hoped the publicity surrounding the sale of the medal would provide an opportunity for him to “re-enter public life”. Since the furore in 2007 he has not delivered any public lectures."
Complete story:
James Watson selling Nobel prize 'because no-one wants to admit I exist, the Telegraph
Related news:
Russia's Usmanov to give back Watson's auctioned Nobel medal, BCC
Lab suspends DNA pioneer Watson, BBC
