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From: kranich@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Karl Kranich )
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Subject: Re: Forest Mims and Sci. American
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Date: 19 Feb 91 06:41:32 GMT
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What I know about Forest Mims' situation with Scientific American I 
read in an interview that he had with Focus on the Family, as published 
in the January 21, 1991 edition of _Focus_on_the_Family_Citizen_.

It seems that Mims was not employed by _Scientific_American_, but "received
an offer from the editor of _Scientific_American_ to be the new author of 
'The Amateur Scientist' column."

However, upon interviewing Mims and learning that he does not accept the
Darwinian theory of evolution, _Scientific_American_ decided not to hire him.

I find it amazing that _Scientific_American_ would descriminate against
an accomplished scientist's personal philosophy, especially in an area
that is unrelated to the job for which he is being considered.