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Russian Billionaire bought Nobel Prize to return it*

anonyanony · 2014-12-10 12:28:12

www[dot]bbc[dot]com/news/world-europe-30406322 Mr Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for uncovering the double helix structure of DNA, sparked an outcry in 2007 when he suggested that people of African descent were inherently less intelligent than white people. Mr Watson said he is auctioning the Nobel Prize medal he…

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10-12-2014 1:28pm

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Mr Watson, who shared the 1962 Nobel Prize for uncovering the double helix structure of DNA, sparked an outcry in 2007 when he suggested that people of African descent were inherently less intelligent than white people.

Mr Watson said he is auctioning the Nobel Prize medal he won in 1962 for discovering the structure of DNA, because "no-one really wants to admit I exist".

Russia's richest man has revealed that he bought US scientist James Watson's Nobel Prize gold medal, and intends to return it to him.

Steel and telecoms tycoon Alisher Usmanov said Mr Watson "deserved" the medal, and that he was "distressed" the scientist had felt forced to sell it.

I am glad to see there is still some nice people left in the world.

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#2 10-12-2014 1:30pm
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But didn't Mr. Watson steal some other scientist's work and not acknowledge it? Not sure he 'deserves' it.

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#3 10-12-2014 1:33pm
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Now he can sell it again.

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#4 10-12-2014 1:37pm
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can't imagine how it must feel to be a billionaire. I think I'd be an international troll with some things I'd do but at the same time having the power to see a homeless person and get them off the streets for life would be too tempting to not do

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#5 10-12-2014 1:39pm
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Thread here already.

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