Talk:Forrest Mims

message: Can anyone verify this claim:
"He wrote some Amateur Scientist columns for Scientific American magazine in 1990, but the magazine refused to hire him after discovering that Mims was a creationist and had doubts about evolution. However, the magazine did say that Mims' work was "great", "fabulous" and "should be published somewhere."" 
Considering that quite a lot of things from this guy are snake oil, I really wouldn't put this claim here w/o any (independent!) sources. DLX on 07:14, 3 April 2006]]
: Here's what Mim's had to say about SciAm. MarcoTolo 18:08, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Controversy should be expanded - possibly from Eric Pianka article? DLX 06:55, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

text: Thanks, a good link - will include this to the article DLX 11:21, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verification? 

message: I removed the sentence "NASA has sent Mims and his instruments to several of the Western states and twice to Brazil to measure the effects of smoke from large wildfires." pending a reliable reference. -- MarcoTolo 23:10, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference needed

message: User:Time Guy added the following section, this has way too much detail on one small topic for a biography. I am moving it to this talk page. SWTPC6800 (talk) 18:53, 14 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: This appears to still be an issue today, there's one lengthy CV-style section that only apparently cites one independent source, the rest being original reporting using primary sources of the author.  —PaleoNeonate – 09:48, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Excessive detail for a biography 

message: The assertion that Mr. Mims "has no formal academic training in science" seems contradicted by the section "Early life and education" where his studies at Texas A&M University are described. 
109.228.169.205 (talk) 15:58, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Not necessarily. It says he entered as a physics major, but it doesn't say that he ever took a physics class (or that he didn't). Anyway, taking a few undergrad classes in a subject isn't usually considered "formal academic training". Inasmuch as the statement is sourced to his own website, it's probably fine, although it could be qualified as coming from Mims and not an independent third party. Guettarda (talk) 17:09, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Mims also talk about aversion to math in his book Siliconnections. Numerous newspaper articles published in 1966 (and later) mention his aid for the blind. This was a device that used state of the art light emitting diodes. He went to an engineering school but got a degree in political science. It is very plausible that he did poorly in higher level math courses.Although a political science major at A&M, Mims' second interest obviously is "science and inventing things." -- SWTPC6800 (talk) 05:58, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Educational Background 

message: Seems to be a blog post based on second-hand hearsay; not sure why the link is included... AnonMoos (talk) 14:48, 24 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Pharyngula link

message: I suggest removing the following line from the end of the third paragraph. 
 "He is also a skeptic of global warming."  
This statement needs clarification (exactly which aspects of Global Warming is Mr. Mims skeptical of) and external validation, and the two references cited #8 and #9 supply neither - they don't lead to the cited papers. Even on Mr Mims own personal publication list on his Website, I could not find these references.  
^ Temperature doesn’t affect global warming Forrest Mims, Seguin Gazette-Enterprise, September 1, 1999. Publications, ForrestMims.org
^ Questions and Answers About Climate Change Forrest M. Mims III. Citizen Scientist, Society for Amateur Scientists, March 11, 2005  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tgmcnaughton (talk • contribs) 22:26, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Skeptical of Global Warming - in what way? 

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These sources were dropped into AfD discussion for the aforementioned article, whose consensus was to merge here.  They maybe useful for expanding the Atari Punk Console subsection Graywalls (talk) 02:23, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Atari Punk Console

message: In: Forrest Mims #Stepped-tone generator (Atari Punk Console) / last sentence.
Summary:
'kaustic machines' is a company that produces sound circuits.
Their logo spells it with lower 'k' and 'm'.
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Sources:
(Google:)
W O R T H _ E K I K
.:: GEOCITIES.ws ::.
http://www.geocities.ws › worthekik › atari
this is a neat little noisemaker from kaustic machines. a sample and the schematic can be found here. a vero layout by andrew carrel is here. an altered " ...
--> http://www.geocities.ws/worthekik/atari.html
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(Gooogle:)
Robert Dickson (hipstarsound) - Profile
Pinterest
https://www.pinterest.com › hipstarsound
kaustic machines. kaustic machines. Robert Dickson · DIY Audio · Dc Circuit · Circuit Design · Diy Electronics · Electronics Projects · Synthesizer Diy · Diy ...
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--> https://www.pinterest.com/hipstarsound/
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(link) 'kaustic machines'
--> https://www.pinterest.com/pin/349662358539191493/
( NOT recognizable as a link ) 'compiler.kaustic.net'
--> https://compiler.kaustic.net/machines/apc.html
There is a logo 'kaustic machines'.
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Ping welcome, Steue (talk) 22:14, 12 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  'kaustic machines'