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Just Wonderful! Arsenal owner Alisher Usmanov hands Nobel Prize back to 'disgraced' DNA scientist James Watson straight after buying it off him
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 22:02
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Remember this? I am an unperson’: ‘Racist’ DNA discoverer forced
Alisher Usmanov, the Arsenal owner and the richest man in Russia, has bought the Nobel prize that was sold by James Watson, one of three people who won the prize for discovering the DNA double helix. Usmanov will now give it straight back to him — leaving Watson with the medal as well as the record-breaking $4.1 million that Usmanov bought it for.
The sale of the medal — which cost Usmanov $4.8 million including commission — set a record for the sale of such a medal and was the first time one has been sold by a living recipient. Usmanov said today that he would give him back the medal as well as giving him the cash for it.
Usmanov said that he had been motivated to buy and return the medal to avoid Watson having to sell it. He values Watson's work because of his contribution to cancer research, the disease from which Usmanov's father died, he said.
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Putin is the…. er… Obama is the… wait…
I’ve no idea which is which sometimes, they smell so alike 
i’ll say it 
James Watson became an “unperson”, ostracized pariah if you will, for commenting on a controversial aspect of his DNA studies. Here’s whats going on, in my opinion…
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer, philosopher.
… and professor Watson is stuck smack in the middle of stage 2. Put yourself in his shoes, if you can, it’s not like anyone has been able to prove him wrong. What?