At the commencement of WWII, apparently German scientists published a
book by the name of something like 'One Thousand Scientists Against
Einstein'.

Einstein replied, "if I was wrong one would have been enough."

Watson is like Einstein. He let slip of what's true, what everyone
knows. And the best post so far I've seen is this one (a MUST read!):

http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/10/james-watson-tells-inconvenient-truth_296.php

But there's another deeper issue that scientists don't seem to think
about.....what if Watson is "wrong" in another way? He's not some
tentacled monster racist, but he's guilty nonetheless. He's misjudged
human nature, he's guilty of being too optimistic about the current
state of human affairs, and he's behaving almost like a hopeless
idealist and romantic, naively thinking that it's better to light a
candle than to curse the darkness.

In a scene from _Inherit the Wind_, the play about the Scopes Monkey
Trial, the prosecutor and defense attorney are relaxing together after
a day in court. The prosecutor says of the Tennessee locals: "They're
simple people, Henry; poor people. They work hard and they need to
believe in something, something beautiful. Why do you want to take it
away from them? It's all they have."

Dashing false eschatological hope may prove to be a way tougher sell
than simply illuminating the obvious.

Just a thought.....