Sex speech by Nobel laureate shocks audience: ‘A Nobel laureate’s
provocative speech on sunshine and sex — complete
with slides of bikini-clad women — left some at the
University of California, Berkeley, aghast.

James Watson, who co-discovered DNA, dumbfounded
many at a guest lecture when he advanced his theory
about a link between skin color and sex drive.

“That’s why you have Latin lovers,” he
said, according to people who were
there last month. “You’ve never heard
of an English lover. Only an English
patient.”

“… People were
laughing at the beginning of Watson’s lecture. But the
laughter turned nervous as he developed his theme. There was a lot of looking at the person next to you
and saying, ‘I can’t believe he’s saying this’ ” …’ Salon