The Washington Post, November 14th, 1990
When Jonathan Piel, editor of Scientific American, withdrew an offer of a writing job from Forrest Mims III on the reported grounds of Mr. Mims's beliefs in creationism {Style, Nov. 1}, Mr. Piel engaged in conduct antithetical to scientific enterprise. Science constructs theories to explain phenomena on the basis of those phenomena alone. Mr. Mims's technical writings nowhere give evidence of the intrusion of his religious convictions, and Mr. Piel's decision seemed to rest on the hypothesis that on certain subjects, they would. Mr. Piel might have put his belief to the test by offering Mr. Mi...
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