East Northport, New York – Old scientific legend James Dewey Watson don waka go dat other side on November 6, 2025, for hospice. Na 97 years e dey carry for body be dis.
Watson na the brain behind di 1953 discovery of di double-helix structure of DNA. Dis discovery no be small matter, e show us how genetic information dey stored and replicated. But as e don rise to stardom, him also gather some major wahala for im later years with im mouth. E drop some wrong comments about race wey make peeps from di scientific world dey vex like pepper.
Born for Chicago on April 6, 1928, dis guy sabi sey life no balance. At age 15, him don enter University of Chicago to study zoology, and from dia, na so e begin chase science glory. But, e no go dey funny to put am sey di same brilliance wey make am shine, nah im also push am into controversies wey dey follow am like shadows.
Watson partner wit Francis Crick to crack di DNA code, but no be all scientists dey hail dem for di achievement. Dem use raw data from Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins, but e take am as opportunistic and cause drama later for im book, *The Double Helix*, wey no jive well for some scientists. Franklin no even get time to defend herself because she don pass on before di book drop.
Na serious gbege follow Watson for 2007 when e talk sey intelligence sabi dey determine by skin color. Everybody gree sey dat one no make sense, na so dem withdraw im honorary titles and pushed am for back. But e no stop, like say he dey inside own world as e continue talk di same kain rubbish when e appear for documentary in 2019.
Watson’s life na real classic case of weting we dey call ‘fall from grace’. For young age, im dey the talk of science town but come later start dey lose im respect like bad news. Na im dey elevate genetic determinism to di highest level and it backfire well well.
Even as im pass away, people still dey reason how dis one man carry revolution and controversy join body. Watson donate plenty intellect to science like messenger RNA and Human Genome Project, but at di same time, im dey on di edge of being remembered for di wrong reasons. For di last years of im life, im no get time to look back on im path; e just dey pursue di echo of his DNA discovery like sey na di only thing wey matter.
This na life wey fit teach us sey, no matter how far you far go, no forget say respect for others and humanness no dey under any microscope. If you no fit balance science with humanity, you go dey wonder why di same DNA wey fit save life go also come dey point fingers at di failings of di same scientist wey discover am.
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