I Googled “+Ahmadinejad +Watson” and was pretty astounded to find almost nothing. Doing the same on Blogsearch1 provided three items.

All make the comparison that for a couple of weeks I have thought way too obvious to bother here with. But really, the Iranian President is given a hero’s welcome at Columbia University, while pusillanimous scientists censor one of their own?

You couldn’t make it up.


  1. RIP. 

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