James Watson - Differences between men and women (71/99)

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Born in 1928, American molecular biologist James Watson is best known for jointly discovering the structure of DNA, for which he shared the 1962 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. His long career has also seen him launch the Human Genome Project. [Listeners: Martin Raff and Walter Gratzer]
TRANSCRIPT: We know they are and I forget which, you know, when you get some emotional experience in a man the right amygdala lights up, and in a women the left. Why? And, you know, there’s more connections between two sides of the brain in women than men. Women for this reason use both sides of the brain more than right-handed men, so they will recover from strokes better than right-handed men. And we know in testing things that men do a little better at mathematics, that women do better in verbal things. The IQs of boys and girls are both 100, because they’ve adjusted the test so that the strengths of women are countered by strengths in boys, so that it comes to the same. What they didn’t do is equalize for the developmental age. Since boys develop slower than girls, if a boy has the same IQ at 12 as a girl does at 12, at 25 he’ll probably have a higher IQ, but only by a couple of points. But I’m glad I belong to the sex which has the higher IQ, but it doesn’t mean much, it compensates, you know, for the fact that I’m not Chinese. So, you know-
[MR&WG] How important do you think it is in terms of women dropping out of the hierarchy at a fairly early stage in science and academia?
I think most people sort of say men are, sort of more naturally seek dominance over other people and as you go on in life it finally only functions if someone person’s in charge. So, you know, it’s not an absolute rule, shown by Mrs Thatcher. Boy, she, so it’s not as if men are one way and women are the other, but it’s been my observation that women tend to find more accommodation than men do and that probably, you know, it’s not just an arbitrary thing, but it has some biological or genetic basis. But finding it won't make much difference, it’s just, it’s really how people behave and I don’t think we can change that very much.
[MR&WG] You can make a case that males are responsible for a lot of the problems in society and I think most people who study these things come to that conclusion. How do you- ?
Yeah, well sure. I mean, you know, Stalin was a man, Hitler was a man. Yeah, so you could say all the real evils are due to men, but, you know, we did invent the telephone, the reaper, the chip, etc, so if men didn’t exist would the human society have advanced at, would it have taken, you know, 100,000 years to happen what we’ve done in the last 10,000? Could be! So, I like leaders, because, you know, generally what I find wrong with most men is they have zero leadership ability and yet they’re technically the leaders. So I’m all for any woman who’ll be a leader, I’m just for more leaders. Right now we’ve sort of demonized leaders. That you really want to find consensus. But I generally find consensus in science. We just never move forward.

[@bond007spectre7]

This man is easily One of the greatest Intellects of the last Century. It’s shameful how he has been treated

[@paola4677]

Pikachu

[@hosoiarchives4858]

How has he been treated

[@christat5336]

His friend was better but somehow autistic

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@hosoiarchives4858he got galileud

[@4lugan]

@@flowrepins6663was Galileo right? 😉 are you sure?

[@tomjoyce6365]

We’ve known about the differences between men and women since at least 1968. It’s taught at A level. I can’t believe we’re still debating it.

[@dvg4104]

1968 BC, right?

[@GeeTrieste]

He didn't get in deep trouble for his men/women differences opinion, he got in trouble for his iq racial differences opinions.

[@eloimassana3002]

And still...

[@danx3504]

This bloke is telling the truth.

[@daithiocinnsealach1982]

He's a nutter mate.

[@Apistevist]

@@daithiocinnsealach1982 Seems you are.

[@JamesKing2understandinglife]

He is a very wise and intelligent man. He carefully speaks what he believes is correct.

[@facundogamm6624]

wtf...

[@patricka.crawley6572]

He's a real SJW. Standing up for Truth against illogical beliefs.

[@shaneirwin9461]

He should NEVER have apologized for the scientific method at work in any field, and the findings of said methods.

[@NicGigi]

If you has a scientific scum method you have to apologized

[@jolly-rancher]

@@NicGigi stay away from science, stick to gender studies or something

[@abdalrahmanshaddow6121]

I love the truth and people who not afraid to tell it

[@jeremyashford2145]

Astute into his dotage, with great instincts that are slowly being confirmed by the science. Not quick enough however to pick up on the interviewer's begged questions, so he doesn't come across so well. I would like to have seen the interview carried out by soneone with less of an agenda. One of the heroes of science. The world owes this man so much, but has stripped him of almost everything.

[@HowToTutorialHelp]

James Watson did NOTHING WRONG

[@georgestoebig105]

Well he and Chris did steal the actual discovery of DNA double helix from Rosalind Franklin so.

[@AG-gy7qq]

Lol.

[@flyy1006]

@@georgestoebig105 no he found it first

[@georgestoebig105]

@@flyy1006 No, it was Rosalind Franklin.

[@jolly-rancher]

@@georgestoebig105 🤡

[@dr.strangelove9815]

Dr. Watson is a genius, he's said nothing wrong. Science is a method of investigation that has to be unbiased and supported by facts. Emotionalism politics and pettiness has no place in empirical investigation.

[@hockeygirl8401]

Their lies the problem. Because we are all not feral, and most of us were raised in an environment, where we were socialized. Therefore, how can we truly be unbiased. To pretend that one’s socialization does not affect one’s worldview, and that it won’t affect how one presents scientific research is absurd.

[@flowrepins6663]

​@@hockeygirl8401listen, go graduate, go have a master and doctor degree and then you go talk about the work of a nobel prize winner who discovered dna. you already made a mistake when you thought a youtube can debate that level

[@hockeygirl8401]

@@flowrepins6663 so I guess you’ve graduated and you have your masters degree and you have your doctorate and you have a Nobel prize? Come on dude and you can have all those things and still be very wrong. That’s why his prestige was taken from him.

[@nanashi7779]

you would not be able to define a fact even if you tried

[@superg7]

Brilliant man, screwed up by politics. Give his Nobel prize back to him, he is only telling the truth.

[@kelpilkington6711]

its usually a guy up repairing a power line during the middle of a storm

[@kennylong7281]

Males are known to have better spatial perception: They can shoot a basketball right into the hoop more often than the female. Driving, and parking skills also differ in favor of the male. Males do better at baseball, and golf for the same reason.

[@Lurker27819]

Interesting

[@hockeygirl8401]

There are anomalies. There are enough anomalies that I feel presumption or assumption is not necessary.

[@roylangston4305]

The politically correct persecution of this great scientist for telling the truth to the best of his ability is despicable.

[@umbertobombace8367]

What people do not understand is that science is not politically correct, although a part of the academics, made of frustrated idiots want to give it this appearance.

[@christianbolt5761]

Still very sharp at an old age. Loved his book

[@coopersbullhorn]

very interesting! Just discovered this guy. Whether you agree with him or not he's putting alot of thought into his answers

[@spanishlanguageeducational3737]

DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHO HE IS??? Hint: he was awarded the Nobel prize because...

[@alizajackson6481]

Spanish Language Educational Resources because he stole all of Rosalind Franklin’s work and lied about it?

[@user-gk4tc5le8e]

He? Work? 1) He never said that he was the only one who discovered the structure of DNA. 2) What Exactly did he receive the Nobel Prize for? Google for you, stop being ignorant.

[@PatilAdi]

@@alizajackson6481 So you’re saying Rosalind’s triple helix model is the correct model?

[@elainelane1119]

@@user-gk4tc5le8e He never said she died and he never gave her credit for it either. Plus considering when he grew up he is the average old white man from a by gone Era and his views were shaped by this.

[@jn3750]

The guy who wrote the most important paper in science even 500 years from now (said Harvard's Owen Wilson). A a loose cannon but intellectually honest.

[@namoras135]

co-wrote and it was not nearly as important now that we look back on it. What was way more important was the structure discovery by Rosalind Franklin, which Watson hated because she outsmarted him as a woman. This dude is not even a real scientist sorry to break it down that harsh. Rosalind Franklin discovered the dna structure, Crick and Willkins did the math and modelling and Watson had the needed Charisma to publish it loud and pompous. That was his role in that and he got very well served by co owning the noble prize with this little scientific input.

[@jn3750]

@@namoras135 I trust the opinion of the world renowned biologist more than anyone here on the Tube

[@user-er9ck3tw9h]

@@jn3750 just read about what he really did. Not much. He stole the discovery of a woman and instead of thanking her, he said mean things about her for the rest of his life... if that's enough to be your hero, I'm sorry for you.

[@yiezuo5377]

同为科学家，我景仰你。你是生物学整个学科中最了不起的一位泰斗，若投票，我投你一票。老爷子牛逼。

[@derekeano]

我是美国人，我在中国住了5年。我真的觉得中国人很聪明。这个老爷直接说了： “I’m glad I belong to the sex that has the higher IQ. But it doesn’t mean much, in compensation for the fact that I’m not Chinese.”

[@derekeano]

我是美国人，我在中国住了5年。我真的觉得中国人很聪明。这个老爷直接说了： “I’m glad I belong to the sex that has the higher IQ. But it doesn’t mean much, in compensation for the fact that I’m not Chinese.”

[@DixieBanjo]

Dr. Watson definitely is Nobel material. A living genius!

[@MUFFINHEAD1985]

"I'm glad I belong to the sex with higher IQ. It doesn't mean much when you compare to the Chinese" pahahahahaha absolute truth. You legend.

[@derekeano]

It compensates for the fact that I’m not Chinese. That’s what he said. But I like your abridged version

[@Gina-zd9sf]

I thought he said "it compensates for the fact that I am not Chinese", which does not sound like a compliment to me.

[@Gina-zd9sf]

Men have Zero leadership🤣

[@mathersmarshall8235]

He also said that "East Asian students [tend] to be conformist, because of selection for conformity in ancient Chinese society." As a Chinese, I'm sure that's true. Further, Chinese tend to be introvert and tolerate the unfairness instead of resisting. Chinese tend to(actually not this much) be corrupted because of the term "guanxi" having existed since ancient China, but once things are on the right track, you will find Chinese are hardworking and intelligent. People's creativity was oppressed by the convention of conformity in ancient China and this is why science didn't emerge in China but China could last long and keep the identities, which is what Chinese'd like to.

[@AlexanderWeurding]

Thanks for sharing this, wauw!

[@nagilum]

He’s always spoken the truth on every subject

[@kennylong7281]

Group membership, and group identity, as well as the leadership principal, are survival mechanisms which have proven their worth.

[@billrob458]

"We just want leaders, " no matter the gender. Great line! James Watson, thanks for putting some science into the narrative!

[@hosoiarchives4858]

I don’t want a leader I want to be left alone

[@1agentflick]

Thank you Dr Watson. We know that the truth is a bitter pill to swallow.

[@flowrepins6663]

only for people with fragile egos or brainwashed. any patient would want the truth regardless if its good or not

[@erravi]

We learned these things in my 1 semester long intro to psychology high school class. A basic, basic class. Yet it is lambasted.

[@hamishmcpenguin603]

What has befallen this man is egregious and the solidarity shown to him from the rest of the scientific community has been non-existent.

[@pissmillahgandullah9523]

This guy is my hero! I'm a geneticist! ❤

[@doremi_doremo]

Ikr Franklin Rosalind goated

[@cryptoprepper1463]

@Racialist Slayer and you're a victim of bad genes xD

[@cryptoprepper1463]

@Racialist Slayer I never claimed that I am a geneticist, I am a hobby troll, in my spare time I trigger people like you. :)

[@cryptoprepper1463]

@Racialist Slayer Wow, you really got me with that one. A random dude on KZbin who isn't a geneticist, telling me that I have "bad intelligence". You really put me in my place, champ.

[@cryptoprepper1463]

@Racialist Slayer Hi dear, I have noticed that you resort to gaslighting as a psyschologist, maybe you are a psychopath instead of psychologist? If not you can go to a psychiatrist he has pills for your condition. I personally would reccomend benzos for you.

[@justinambru8529]

No dislikes? This is a miracle.

[@bond007spectre7]

Justin Ambru it’s probably hidden from left wingers by KZbin algorithms

[@shubh4466]

Dislikes are hidden bro

[@justinambru8529]

@@shubh4466 I assume your aware this was made, before the dislike bar was removed.

[@KlausRosenberg-et2xv]

Who am I when compared to Dr. Watson, the man who discovers the structure of the DNA, I to disagree with anything he says about genetics? Obviously I am no more changes a child when compared to him, a pure genius.

[@Himmelhauser]

Statistical reliability depends on context. Change the context and you change the results.

[@patricklarry6645]

Men and women are different in every way. The great shame is putting men and women in a classroom and fooling them into thinking they are alike.

[@MrWearenotallequal]

This guy is amazing and society is fucked.

[@kelpilkington6711]

wozniak says wozniak is not aware of any women hackers because they wouldn't be willing to forgo a shower for 2 weeks in being a hacker you have to be fully immersed in the programming

[@stevecarter7679]

I lost all respect to white People! There are not a single white man of status comes out to defend genius like Watson.

[@flyy1006]

I do

[@radicalrodriguez5912]

This guy is funny. And honest

[@willyjones5201]

😎 Red Ice TV 🤗

[@oooweebaby4483]

Perhaps one of the most important figures to hear in these especially "negligent of our nature" times...

[@andretait2817]

Saying men are responsible for the evils on the world instead of woman is like saying clouds are responsible for rain instead of daisies

[@joshsch1331]

this guy is great.....he is right on everything

[@mohitsagrobiology3135]

I love you Mr. Watson! as a disciple

[@christianfreedman4641]

You must watch "A Tale of Two Brains".

[@danielkotze9162]

The Professor is Condemned and strip from all his awards. for the breakthrough he done, only because he revealed that the Black African indigenous people only have a IQ of no higher than 70%, it is said that it is Racist, he is very far from it, and only stating the facts. Those who are acting on his findings and making a big thing and stripping him of his Wright full awards, stop making excuses and acting out for those that are not offended by his work, rather do something more constructive, like the Genocide on White farmers murders in South Africa by Racist Blacks🙏

[@mirarstudios]

A true scientist. Don't expect nature to be woke.

[@appletree8441]

MN pay for more things. Women get more money from the government than they put in

[@Lurker27819]

Ty

[@Gurusson-qr5np]

Hey what's up dude funny I found you here lol

[@kelpilkington6711]

you're trying to express an honest opinion no one wants to tell women to pick up the slack

[@oisin1304]

If 90% of inventors are men...there should be a reason.

[@RichardGalindo96]

Due to the inequalities during those times

[@GeeTrieste]

@Richard Galindo yes, those times, as a subset of all time.

[@oisin1304]

@@RichardGalindo96 "These" times the situation didn't change

[@lesseirgpapers9245]

Katherine of Medici. Biggest slaughter in Mankind

[@bubblegumgun3292]

inequality based on race and sex is more than skin deep, people shocked Pikachu face

[@flyy1006]

ye some races r just better

[@V8_screw_electric_cars]

How is he controversial I didn't hear anything remotely provoking here. And true about consensus, the infamous "global warming" consensus…

[@hoboheathen8926]

This man has been treated terribly, shame on them.

[@elainelane1119]

Not as bad as Rosalind Franklin who he plagiarized.

[@jolly-rancher]

@@elainelane1119 🤡🤡

[@4lugan]

They took away his tenure position because voicing out his findings about IQ

[@kelpilkington6711]

some women you have a point

[@trevorwillett1656]

Within all of us lays the potential to do great things that are good! But within all of us lays the potential to do great things..... that are evil. Unfortunately we live in an age of Godless shameless relativism so we can't even differentiate between good or evil within our society.

[@timgreen2426]

Uh...don't know what world you live in, but in the real world, not everyone has potential. Some men are natural born losers content in underachieving mediocrity.

[@TahoeJones]

Does what you're observing, change because you know why?

[@tonyrandall3146]

Thanks for the transcript he is kinda hard to understand.

[@howardleekilby7390]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@kelpilkington6711]

sapolsky at stanford talks about male aggression in hominids and dogs mice fish primates

[@MathematicalCowboy]

Even if James Watson is wrong, it's really refreshing to hear an intelligent thinker and scholar actually challenge the notion that everyone is the same.

[@ArgonNoble]

Yup

[@biancapalavecino1258]

Tesla Darwin Einstein Da Vinci white men

[@kelpilkington6711]

you're wrong our preschool teacher told us it is only an anatomical difference

[@BalsamorhizaSagittat]

'I am glad I am a man since it makes up for me not being oriental.' Also notice how he basically states the 3 - 5 point difference is fairly insignificant. It is unfortunate that we as a society confuse race with racism. Margret Sanger was a racist whose goal was to stop of prevent black from having children. Eugenics is the process of trying to eliminate people based upon linguistic and/or logical ability rather than using tests and the like to guide people to better career choices. I wanted to be a forest ranger but my pre-college test scores said my strength fit the career of a sociologist. I chased my dream and found it not what I wanted and I ended up as an accountant who specialized in customer service. Gee customer service is dealing and helping people so had I gone into sociology I probably would have saved myself a lot of money and time. One of my grandson's has spent the last year in college and has a 1.7 GPA. His next brother just scored 1300 on the SAT; 699 in the language portion and 610 in math. Two different people with different educational and career needs and goals. Use the information to focus energy not to demean or discount individuals or groups.

[@ronrubicon1593]

I have no idea what he just said over 5 minutes.

[@christat5336]

Iq tests are enforced equality

[@cjackson9627]

The real life Mr. Burns! Exxxxxcellent!!!

[@kelpilkington6711]

also i refuse to be called a woman

[@janjantimalsina1465]

👍

[@pissmillahgandullah9523]

Yo!!! Based? My man does a lot of redpilling lately ❤

[@plweis7203]

Poor questioning

[@glennsankey8186]

There’s a difference between men and women?? Um ya don’t say.

[@ThePROFESS10NAL]

Forgive me but does anyone else see the resemblance between him and Jeff Goldblum in The Fly? Lol

[@kelpilkington6711]

thats insulting

[@MLouah-gp9ef]

JW not giving a crap

[@kelpilkington6711]

women as a group need to catch up

[@dogfood4229]

oh my the amount of incels in the comment section. get some help, guys. his scientific findings cannot be used to push your racism or sexism.

[@aurora3067]

dog food Imagine being this condescending. A nobel prize winner confirming ideas that have been pushed by “incels”.

[@johnmindson237]

@@aurora3067 Watson is a stupid guy for trying to play the race card. There are no races. People are far too diverse for applying the same standards for all Africans, Asians and Europeans. If you still live in 1960 and believe in the yellow, white, black fairytale, it's time to wake up. Other than that, stating that women or black people have lower IQ's is wrong, it implies the idea, that those humans are simply dumb.

[@flowrepins6663]

so you even know what those words mean? they dont even got to do with nothing. dont use them please and never try to talk science cause facts dont care about your feelings and science have no emotion or politics in it. get a master and doctor degree in genetics than go debate with a nobel prize winner

[@kelpilkington6711]

women are turned away alot

[@itsmrme4951]

Much trolling

[@skeivys]

anyone got subs?

[@brinnd330]

FYI this guy also believes that there are genetically determined differences in intelligence inherent between people of different races. Pretty cringe ngl

[@flowrepins6663]

cringe is a youtuber being critic about the work of the nobel prize winner that discovered dna

[@swaralipawar5224]

​@@flowrepins6663he didn't discover the DNA he was the first to SUBMIT the paper and won a national prize on work that was stolen by others

[@gandalf7262]

I am a transwoman and i feel offend e d

[@Chriszlaststand]

Beta male with sense...