Originally Posted by stingc

I saw Watson give a talk in Chicago a couple of weeks ago. I thought he was nuts. He made a lot of racial statements, insulted several colleagues with no real explanation, complained about his salary, and kept giggling at himself for no apparent reason. While some of the things he said had grains of plausibility, the lack of tact was astonishing. I've been around a lot of eccentric scientists, but this really took the cake.