Opinion: A close friend grapples with James Watson’s complicated legacy

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Torie Bosch: James Watson, who won the Nobel Prize for co-discovering the structure of DNA, died last week at the age of 97. He was a scientific giant and a very controversial figure. In the final two decades of his life, he falsely stated that women and Black people are, as populations, not as smart as white men.

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