tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post3383552036407220662..comments2024-03-18T03:28:36.581-04:00Comments on Shrink Rap: James Watson Live!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-78933081334206282792011-01-31T23:14:44.217-05:002011-01-31T23:14:44.217-05:00No rule about stealing material from colleagues or...No rule about stealing material from colleagues or taking credit for their work, I note (Rosalind Franklin). <br /><br />Calculating and tenacious, yes. Genius? <br /><br />It seems that all of his subsequent success was derived from the initial sabotage and essentially the theft of his competitor's work (she didn't grant him access to her diffraction pictures which were used to determine the structure - which she also did before Watson and Crick)<br /><br />self promotion is a kind of genius.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-76683684118363047072011-01-29T13:47:39.103-05:002011-01-29T13:47:39.103-05:00Hey, Hi Aek!Hey, Hi Aek!tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00121763456161256252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-53265133110063953372011-01-28T08:21:12.270-05:002011-01-28T08:21:12.270-05:00JW is a YouTube star for those who haven't see...JW is a YouTube star for those who haven't seen him live. Link at my name or just Google James Watson Youtube.aekhttp://search.surfcanyon.com/search?f=nrl0&q=James+Watson+youtube&partner=wotnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-45887238064909272912011-01-28T02:25:07.285-05:002011-01-28T02:25:07.285-05:00OMG soooo jealous!!!
Although, I rail at the use ...OMG soooo jealous!!!<br /><br />Although, I rail at the use of the word genius. <br />The reason why he is so famous is that the structure of DNA is so fundamental, not that he was any brighter than others in his field. More tenacious, yes; brighter, not necessarily.<br /><br />- Bec<br /><br />Oh, and buy a pen for goodness sake. I doubt I'll ever have the chance to hear him! :-(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26666124.post-86879585983731111362011-01-27T23:39:15.572-05:002011-01-27T23:39:15.572-05:00I would have loved hearing him, and would equally ...I would have loved hearing him, and would equally love a snow day (no snow here!) from teaching school. I went to Phoenix in 2009 to see Stephen Hawking as part of the Origins symposium at ASU. The symposium was packed and fabulous, but Stephen Hawking begged off saying he was ill, and sent his daughter with a canned talk instead. I do realize he has a neuro-muscular dystrophy, but I was very disappointed.Sunny CAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11451116932556227816noreply@blogger.com