Gypsy, the article actually calls him a racialist, not racist. yeah some hav called him racist too.
Yeah I do agree with u on the point abt him not being aware abt the impact tht may cause on a politically correct society, being the typical absent minded quirky kinda scientific genius.
Well, if he becomes successful in finding out that race or genetics has an outcome, what good would it do to a world which already has enough prejudices based on race?
How would it benefit humanity as a whole?
He says
"I don't think we can prevent the discoveries. [That would] prevent any possibility of using knowledge to make people's lives better, so I don't think that's the way to go"

What I'm wondering is how would such a discovery make people's lives better?

I'm all for science and research, but donno why things abt human genome kinda make me uneasy.
Life is like poker.You pay for what you learn.n the only way you learn is with the cards in ur hand and money on the table.