James Watson's Nobel Medal Sells For $4.1 Million

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday December 7, 2014 @07:37AM from the pay-up dept.

An anonymous reader writes Scientist James Watson, who has issues with women, Africans, and the scientific community, has became the only living Nobel laureate to sell his medal after it fetched over $4 million at auction. "Watson told Nature that his motivation for selling the medal is a chance for redemption. He plans to donate some of the proceeds to Cold Spring, where he still draws a $375,000 base salary as chancellor emeritus, and also to University College Cork in Ireland to help establish an institute dedicated to the mathematician George Boole. 'I'm 52% Irish,' Watson said by way of explanation."

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He doesn't have issues by Anonymous Coward · 2014-12-07 08:06 · Score: 0, Troll

He doesn't have issues with women or Africans. Many people have issues with the truths he dared to mention about women and Africans, though.
He sought the truth, as best any one human can. Too many others just didn't like what he found.