To the Editor:
Re “A Confession of Liberal Intolerance,” by Nicholas Kristof (column, May 8):
Some of us in scientific fields of academia believe that it may be rational to disqualify a job candidate for being evangelical if this includes a literal interpretation of the Bible (such as that the Earth is only a few thousand years old). Also, economists might want to hear, from a possibly Republican job candidate, a realistic scenario for how future growth would compensate for tax cuts. Not all “bias” is irrational, when it is connected not with group membership per se, but with rejection of observation, logic and their products, such as Darwin’s theory of evolution. The university is a forum for developing and airing beliefs and knowledge that have a solid basis. For their forums, evangelicals have places of worship, and Republicans have Fox News.
JOHN L. MICHELA
Waterloo, Ontario
The writer is an associate professor of psychology at University of Waterloo.
Note from KBJ: Psychology is a science? It's progressive ideology masquerading as science, and this True Believer doesn't realize it. I feel sorry for his students.
