DOOMSDAY: UT professor says death is imminent

The Gazette-Enterprise (Texas) ^ | April 2, 2006 | Jamie Mobley

[adiaireton8]

AUSTIN — A University of Texas professor says the Earth would be better off with 90 percent of the human population dead.

“Every one of you who gets to survive has to bury nine,” Though his statements are admittedly bold, he’s not without abundant advocates. But what may set this revered biologist apart from other doomsday soothsayers is this: Humanity’s collapse is a notion he embraces.

Indeed, his words deal, very literally, on a life-and-death scale, yet he smiles and jokes candidly throughout the lecture. Disseminating a message many would call morbid, Pianka’s warnings are centered upon awareness rather than fear.

“This is really an exciting time,” he said Friday amid warnings of apocalypse, destruction and disease. Only minutes earlier he declared, “Death. This is what awaits us all. Death.” Reflecting on the so-called Ancient Chinese Curse, “May you live in interesting times,” he wore, surprisingly, a smile.

So what’s at the heart of Pianka’s claim?

6.5 billion humans is too many.

In his estimation, “We’ve grown fat, apathetic and miserable,” all the while leaving the planet parched.

The solution?

A 90 percent reduction.

That’s 5.8 billion lives — lives he says are turning the planet into “fat, human biomass.” He points to an 85 percent swell in the population during the last 25 years and insists civilization is on the brink of its downfall — likely at the hand of widespread disease.

“[Disease] will control the scourge of humanity,” Pianka said. “We’re looking forward to a huge collapse.”

[mississippi red-neck]

That's a pictorial of great truth. Love it! LOL!

[litehaus]

"Berkley on the Colorado"....Suburban location of the REAL Berserkly in Kalifornicate.........

[Mamzelle]

Looks like a grand master biologist has lost it, big time.

[kittymyrib]

Okay...I'll be in charge of burying Pianka, Jensen, and seven other Marxist atheists on the faculty at UT-Austin. I'm sure there would be a long line of volunteers to help this weirdo conserve oxygen on the earth.

[righttackle44]

"Professor Pianka advocates the intentional use of airborne Ebola virus to reduce the human population by 90%."

ATTENTION ALL FREEPERS! When they drop the virus, be sure you
grab this guy's shirt and drag him into the kill zone with you.

[jpl]

Sounds like a member of Moloch's ministry.

[righttackle44]

"Whitley Strieber (yes, the UFO nut) co-wrote an apocalyptic book about environmental collapse called "Nature's End" (1986). In the book, a world-reknowned "enviromental leader" suggested a suicide pill be given to everyone on Earth, with every tenth pill being a placebo."

I just wanted to alert FREEPERS first: I've got one of the placebo-laced pills. I'll be putting it up on Ebay, so bid high.

[Mamzelle]

re: “Pianka is a GOD!”)))

If you've spent much time in Austin, many of these sorts of "gods" live there.

[Tribune7]

According to a study titled, "The Longevity of Homosexuals," in the Omega Journal of Death and Dying in 1994, the median age of death from AIDS is 37 and death from other causes 42. In another study, "Does Homosexual Activity Shorten Life?" in Psychological Reports in 1998, the average life expectancy of homosexuals is 20 to 30 years less than heterosexuals.

[Reily]

That links me to Town Hall BUT they must have removed the article.
Thanks I will keep looking for other sources to cite.

[mississippi red-neck]

Over crowded? We're only overcrowded with him and his kind who would perish in a a matter of weeks without the 90% that provide these idiots food, clothing, shelter safe drinking water, utilities,transportation ,medical care etc.

People like him who couldn't change a light bulb even with written instructions would be gone in a matter of days if not weeks in the environment they envision.

In any home improvement project they should be the first to go because they contribute nothing but trouble.

[betty boop]

Hi Tribune! This Pianka person is simply insane. He has lost his mind. Why are people so interested in listening to the ravings of a lunatic?

[mtbopfuyn]

If you've spent much time in Austin, many of these sorts of "gods" live there.

Which is why I try not to spend much time in Austin and why our kids won't be attending UT. Austin hasn't evolved out of the 60's. Full of tree huggers and Hippy Hollow freaks and tea sippers getting all flustered over salamanders.

[mtbopfuyn]

This guy, however, is in a compltely different class. He, like Aum Shinrikyo, is to be taken seriously -- as a serious threat to the general welfare.

Agreed. And he's molding his students to "spread the word" (a quote from his class evaluation).

[pointsal]

Just think taxpayers in Texas are funding this manure.

[Uncle Meat]

Professor Pianka advocates the intentional use of airborne Ebola virus to reduce the human population by 90%.

He couldn't pick a clean,painless and quick way to get rid of us,he has to pick the nastiest,agonizing,horrible slow death one could possibly have.

[headsonpikes]

He couldn't pick a clean,painless and quick way to get rid of us,he has to pick the nastiest,agonizing,horrible slow death one could possibly have.

The aesthetic of socialist civilization, such as it is, is based on squeezing as much joy as one can out of the meaningless suffering and death of Others.

Socialism is so high-minded it makes me weep.

[Tribune7]

That's from the Walter Williams article. It's the fourth paragraph down.

[Tribune7]

Hi Tribune! This Pianka person is simply insane. He has lost his mind.

And what of the Texas Academy of Science? Or the University of Texas?

The scary part is the students he is convincing.

[Uncle Meat]

Socialism is so high-minded it makes me weep.

There's an awful lot of leftwing hogwash bumperstickers these days around Savannah.You also see a lot of Kerry/Edwards still on bumpers,and not even faded.Theirs an art collage dorm down the street from where I work.You see a lot of freaky looking collage pukes with their rainbow dredlocks,nose rings,and baggy pants with their commie,pinko Che t-shirts.