> > Scientists cheer holocaust wish
> >
> > Texas academy honors professor who wants
> > 90% of human race exterminated by ebola
> >
> > Posted: April 2, 2006
> > 5:45 p.m. Eastern
> >
> > What would happen if a world-renowned scientist and evolutionary ecologist
> told
> > hundreds of his colleagues that 90 percent of the human race needed to be
> wiped
> > out by exposure to ebola or some other deadly virus?
> >
> > Apparently, according to a scientist who claims to have witnessed such a
> > remarkable event one month ago, the fiend would get a standing ovation and an
> > award.
> >
> > That's the story being told by Forrest Mims III, a member of the Texas Academy
> > of Science, chairman of its environmental science section and editor of the
> > Citizen Scientist.
> >
> > The speech Mims heard was delivered by Eric R. Pianka, a lizard expert from
> the
> > University of Texas. It is recounted in detail in the latest issue of the
> > Citizen Scientist.
> >
> > "We're no better than bacteria," Mims quoted Pianka as saying in his
> > condemnation of the human race, which, he claimed, is overpopulating the
> Earth.
> >
> > The only way to save the planet for the rest of the species is to reduce the
> > human population to 10 percent of its current number.
> >
> > "He then showed solutions for reducing the world's population in the form of a
> > slide depicting the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse," writes Mims. "War and
> > famine would not do, he explained. Instead, disease offered the most efficient
> > and fastest way to kill the billions that must soon die if the population
> crisis
> > is to be solved. Pianka then displayed a slide showing rows of human skulls,
> one
> > of which had red lights flashing from its eye sockets. AIDS is not an
> efficient
> > killer, he explained, because it is too slow. His favorite candidate for
> > eliminating 90 percent of the world's population is airborne Ebola (Ebola
> > reston), because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days, instead of
> > years. However, Professor Pianka did not mention that Ebola victims die a slow
> > and torturous death as the virus initiates a cascade of biological calamities
> > inside the victim that eventually liquefy the internal organs."
> >
> > Pianka notes in the online syllabus for his Diversity and Ecology class that
> the
> > deadly form of Ebola – Ebola zaire – that has killed nine out of the 10 people
> > infected currently only spreads by direct contact with infected blood, while
> > Ebola reston, the close relative that currently kills only monkeys, is an
> > airborne virus. Evolution, he says, will in time result in an airborne form
> > fatal to humans.
> >
> > Mims notes that when Pianka finished his remarks, the audience of fellow
> > scientists and students burst out in sustained applause.
> >
> > During a question-and-answer sessions, the audience laughed approvingly when
> > Pianka offered the bird flu as another vehicle toward achieving his goal. They
> > also chuckled when he suggested it was time to sterilize everyone on Earth.
> >
> > "What kind of reception have you received as you have presented these ideas to
> > other audiences that are not representative of us?" asked one member of the
> > audience.
> >
> > "I speak to the converted!" Pianka replied.
> >
> > Mims said he spoke glowingly of the police state in China that enforces a
> > one-child policy.
> >
> > "Smarter people have fewer kids," Mims quoted Pianka as saying.
> >
> > Following the question-and-answer session, Mims says "almost every scientist,
> > professor and college student present stood to their feet and vigorously
> > applauded the man who had enthusiastically endorsed the elimination of 90
> > percent of the human population. Some even cheered. Dozens then mobbed the
> > professor at the lectern to extend greetings and ask questions."
> >
> > Mims notes five hours later, the Texas Academy of Science presented Pianka
> with
> > a plaque in recognition of his being named 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist.
> >
> > "When the banquet hall filled with more than 400 people responded with
> > enthusiastic applause, I walked out in protest," he writes.
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