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In reply to the discussion: Scientific American Editor: Fox Told Me I couldn't Talk About Climate Change [View all]burfman
(264 posts)Hey Fox is just practicing what Scientific American did itself back in 1988.
A long, long time ago Scientific American used to have a great Do-it-yourself section. Way over the top of anything else anywhere - how to construct lasers, telescopes and transistors and the like from scratch. When the editor of this section passed away, they went around looking for someone to take it over. They considered hiring Forest Mims, who wrote many excellent books on do-it-yourself electronics and would have been a great addition to the magazine. However because of his personal views they did not hire him and it was a great loss for the magazine. I myself do not share Forest Mims views or that of FOX - but I respect Forest Mims ability to write about interesting projects especially in electronics. One shouldn't judge people by their politics alone.........
Here's the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims#Scientific_American
In May 1988 Mims wrote to Scientific American proposing that he take over The Amateur Scientist column, which needed a new editor. Despite concern about his views, he was asked to write some sample columns, which he did in 1990.[42][43][44] Mims was not offered the position, due, Mims alleges, to his Christian and creationist views.[45][46] The ACLU of Texas offered to take his case, but he declined.[47]
Evidently Mr. Mims has a lot to say about Scientific American on his web site: http://www.forrestmims.org/scientificamerican.html