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 (DIR) Post #B06OvnpFSzlfN4sQHA by 2legged@mastodon.ie
       2025-11-08T03:06:20Z
       
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       American scientist #JamesWatson was a racist misogynist who who got a #NobelPrize for stealing Rosalind Franklin's notes.Watson died yesterday, and his #obituaries are everywhere.  So here's a simple way to test each #obit: How far down do you have to read to learn that Watson was 1) #Racist, 2) #Misogynist, and 3) a #plagiarist of #RosalindFranklin's work?The further these core facts are from the top, the more slavishly the obituarist is trying to sustain the myth of Watson's "greatness".