Reply #120: TRANSCRIPT 109th TAS meeting March 3 2006 [View All]

[slaveplanet]

Heidi, I told you upthread that a transcript would be forthcoming, well, here it is.

Transcript From the Speech That Started It All
Dr. "Doom" Pianka Speaks

Exclusive -- April 6, 2006: Relying on a transcript from audio recorded during Dr. Eric Pianka's presentation at the 109th meeting of the Texas Academy of Science March 2-4, The Pearcey Report has first-hand documentation on what the controversial ecologist said regarding a number of issues, including taxes, children, forced sterilization, overpopulation, economic growth, and more.

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This is not new intellectual territory for the professor. A Fall 2004 student evaluation from the University of Texas says, "Though I agree that convervation biology is of utmost importance to the world, I do not think that preaching that 90% of the human population should die of ebola is the most effective means of encouraging conservation awareness."

Another student comment from Fall 2004 says, "I don't root for ebola, but maybe a ban on having more than one child. I agree . . . too many people ruining this planet."

That student may not be rooting for Ebola, but as Jamie Mobley reports, Dr. Pianka has supporters. One of them attended Dr. Pianka's Texas Academy of Science lecture and posted these comments online afterward: "Dr. Pianka's talk at the TAS meeting was mostly of the problems humans are causing as we rapidly proliferate around the globe. While what he had to say is way too vast to remember it all, moreover to relay it here in this blog, the bulk of his talk was that he's waiting for the virus that will eventually arise and kill off 90% of human population. In fact, his hope, if you can call it that, is that the ebola virus which attacks humans currently (but only through blood transmission) will mutate with the ebola virus that attacks monkeys airborne to create an airborne ebola virus that attacks humans. He's a radical thinker, that one! I mean, he's basically advocating for the death of all but 10% of the current population! And at the risk of sounding just as radical, I think he's right."

http://www.pearceyreport.com/archives/2006/04/transcript_dr_d.php/