I heard a trail saying that they were going to be discussing DNA pioneer 
and Nobel prize winner James Watson in yesterday's Any Questions. It 
must have been quick cos I only nipped out for a slash for a minute!

Any idea roughly what time it was discussed so I know when to listen later?

difficult to understand the hoo har over this. The figures aren't 
controversial, it was all thrashed out in the fights over The Bell Curve. 
The controversy seems to be about whether you're allowed to discuss 
scientific findings aloud or whether some of nature's secrets need to be 
hushed up

I doubt a Dimblebee would be on the side of free speech




"Jonathan"  wrote in message 
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>I heard a trail saying that they were going to be discussing DNA pioneer 
>and Nobel prize winner James Watson in yesterday's Any Questions. It must 
>have been quick cos I only nipped out for a slash for a minute!
>
> Any idea roughly what time it was discussed so I know when to listen 
> later?

Oxymel of Squill wrote:
> difficult to understand the hoo har over this. The figures aren't 
> controversial, it was all thrashed out in the fights over The Bell Curve. 
> The controversy seems to be about whether you're allowed to discuss 
> scientific findings aloud or whether some of nature's secrets need to be 
> hushed up
> 
> I doubt a Dimblebee would be on the side of free speech
> 
> 
> 
> 
> "Jonathan"  wrote in message 
> news:4719e873@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> I heard a trail saying that they were going to be discussing DNA pioneer 
>> and Nobel prize winner James Watson in yesterday's Any Questions. It must 
>> have been quick cos I only nipped out for a slash for a minute!
>>
>> Any idea roughly what time it was discussed so I know when to listen 
>> later? 

Well, I listened again and I didn't hear it at all. Too controversial?

"Jonathan"  wrote in message 
news:471a0498@newsgate.x-privat.org...
> Oxymel of Squill wrote:
>> difficult to understand the hoo har over this. The figures aren't 
>> controversial, it was all thrashed out in the fights over The Bell Curve. 
>> The controversy seems to be about whether you're allowed to discuss 
>> scientific findings aloud or whether some of nature's secrets need to be 
>> hushed up
>>
>> I doubt a Dimblebee would be on the side of free speech
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jonathan"  wrote in message 
>> news:4719e873@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>> I heard a trail saying that they were going to be discussing DNA pioneer 
>>> and Nobel prize winner James Watson in yesterday's Any Questions. It 
>>> must have been quick cos I only nipped out for a slash for a minute!
>>>
>>> Any idea roughly what time it was discussed so I know when to listen 
>>> later?
>
> Well, I listened again and I didn't hear it at all. Too controversial?


'Truth' is opinion that manages to survive - that's the
whole purpose of the PC movement or Newspeak.

'Political' means somebody or some group having a policy
'Correctness' means as defined by that group.
When this becomes enshrined in certain laws then that group
controls to large extent what opinions shall survive as 'truth'.
Scientific fact, tangible evidence, experiment and repeatability
count for nothing in this Alice in Wonderland game: as the Germans
discovered in the 1930's, it is not truth that matters, but who
controls the propaganda.

Control the language and you control the thinking processes.

"OlOlOl01" <nospamhere@all.thanks> wrote in message 
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>
> "Jonathan"  wrote in message 
> news:471a0498@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>> Oxymel of Squill wrote:
>>> difficult to understand the hoo har over this. The figures aren't 
>>> controversial, it was all thrashed out in the fights over The Bell 
>>> Curve. The controversy seems to be about whether you're allowed to 
>>> discuss scientific findings aloud or whether some of nature's secrets 
>>> need to be hushed up
>>>
>>> I doubt a Dimblebee would be on the side of free speech
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jonathan"  wrote in message 
>>> news:4719e873@newsgate.x-privat.org...
>>>> I heard a trail saying that they were going to be discussing DNA 
>>>> pioneer and Nobel prize winner James Watson in yesterday's Any 
>>>> Questions. It must have been quick cos I only nipped out for a slash 
>>>> for a minute!
>>>>
>>>> Any idea roughly what time it was discussed so I know when to listen 
>>>> later?
>>
>> Well, I listened again and I didn't hear it at all. Too controversial?
>
>
> 'Truth' is opinion that manages to survive - that's the
> whole purpose of the PC movement or Newspeak.
>
> 'Political' means somebody or some group having a policy
> 'Correctness' means as defined by that group.
> When this becomes enshrined in certain laws then that group
> controls to large extent what opinions shall survive as 'truth'.
> Scientific fact, tangible evidence, experiment and repeatability
> count for nothing in this Alice in Wonderland game: as the Germans
> discovered in the 1930's, it is not truth that matters, but who
> controls the propaganda.
>
> Control the language and you control the thinking processes.
>doublethink,doubleplus good
G