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# Scientists of a feather
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/scientists-of-a-feather-editor/
- Published: 2007-04-12T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T00:33:45.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Jeremy Miles Playa del Rey*

Do the editors of the SMDP really believe that if a hammer and a feather were dropped (“Mahon is really out of this world,” April 9) they would both hit the ground at the same time? If so, a quick demonstration, using a hammer and a feather would show that the 5-year-olds were right, and that the journalists should perhaps return to primary school, where the 5-year-olds could explain things to them.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 12, 2007.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/041207.pdf?ref=smdp.com)