"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.
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.
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. ... His favorite candidate for eliminating 90 percent of the worlds population is airborne Ebola, because it is both highly lethal and it kills in days, instead of years.
Mims notes that when Pianka finished his remarks, the audience of fellow scientists and students burst out in sustained applause.
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.
We know that these maniacs believe the human race is a disease. They are looking to thin us out, sacrifices to Mother Gaia. It’s all for the greater good, after all.