Reply #4: I'm inclined to think he's back-pedaling at the speed of sound [View All]

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Hate as I do to suggest there's an iota of truth in ANYTHING Drudge writes, Eric Pianka's specific comments are hard to spin any other way. I don't know how one could interpret them differently given any "different context" and I tried, given I have a great deal of respect for his field.
I think he was using gallows humor that someone didn't understand. It's one thing to say that sort of thing around people with whom you have rapport, but another to say it to a student body with the press present. He got caught being cynical and stupid.