Originally Posted by D

I agree with you... and, frankly, when I was rereading the post that you quoted, I did cringe at the thought that I was maybe promoting the wrong kind of science... because I do feel that science should be blind to any form of social bias.

But dealing with ideas of such a nature in scientific circles - where people truly understand the material, and work toward discovery one way or the other is one thing. Disseminating such hypotheses among the masses - and thus giving hate-mongers validation, with nothing but speculative and hypothetical science attached is perhaps irresponsible on Dr. Watson's part, I think.