Difference between revisions of "Forrest Mims"

'''Forrest Mims''' is a scientist who is a proponent of [[intelligent design]] and a skeptic of [[global warming]]. In the 1960s and 1970s, Mims was a pioneer in designing electronics kits for amateurs such as calculators. In 1988, Mims was considered by [[Scientific American]] as a candidate to take over their Amateur Scientist column, but his [[creationist]] views led to his being rejected.<ref>Anon., [http://www.creationontheweb.com/content/view/1248/ Scientific American refuses to hire creationist], ''Creation'' 13(2):16–17, March 1991.</ref> The [[Wikipedia]] article on Mims uncritically accepts his attempts to deny this.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Mims</ref>, another example of liberal [[Bias in Wikipedia]]. In 2006, Mims blew the whistle on how self-professed [[atheism|atheist]] [[environmentalist]] [[Eric Pianka]] at a talk he gave had advocated using genetically engineered viruses to cause [[genocide]] as a means of population control and how the scientists at the talk applauded Pianka's speech.<ref>http://www.sas.org/tcs/weeklyIssues_2006/2006-04-07/feature1p/index.html</ref>. Again, evolutionists tried to rewrite what happened, and Wikipedia uncritically accepted their account.<ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mims-Pianka_controversy </ref>