Let's hope that this filovirus has helped:
Ebola Reston
It was a loud, vigorous and enthusiastic applause.
Ebola is not a good candidate either, it kills too quickly, immobilizing the victim in its wake.
Viruses that kill too quickly evolve to work more slowly in order to spread itself more.
It is not in a germ's best interest to kill its host.
I saw another thread about this douchebag just a few minutes ago. Right now there is a documentary on the History channel about the plague and its horrors. This tool just reflects the dead, black, nihilist soul of the left. They no longer believe in anything, so they want to burn down the whole world.
RESOLUTION ON PIANKAFICATION.--WHEREAS Eric R. Pianka survived a potentially deadly childhood experience, and
- WHEREAS Eric has been a life member of the ASIH since the time he was in high school, thereby saving himself from a lifetime of annual dues, and
- WHEREAS Eric has had a profound influence on the science of herpetology-particularly in the area of desert lizard ecology, and
- WHEREAS Eric published his first scientific paper in Herpetologica, to be followed by over 100 more in various journals, and,
- WHEREAS Eric's years in the field have set the standard both for natural history and for ecological studies, resulting in publications that have lain the foundation for research programs that will undoubtedly outlive even his bison farm, and
- WHEREAS Eric authored the book "Evolutionary Ecology", now in its 6th edition and soon to be available in 8 languages, and
- WHEREAS along with Eric's many books and publications, his web site, including his 10 commandments, open letter to prospective graduate students, and "obituary," should become mandatory reading for all graduate students, and
- WHEREAS we who are getting on in years particularly like the one about honoring your predecessors, and
- WHEREAS the title of Eric's popular autobiography, The Lizard Man Speak s, was changed to mollify the publishers; the result being that the herpetological community is precluded from the opportunity to cite The Yank Down Under , a title akin to that of one featuring well-known stars belonging to the adult-film industry, and
- WHEREAS Eric was honored at these meetings as Distinguished Herpetologist, and
- WHEREAS Eric delivered an emotional and heart-felt keynote address to the JMIH, and
- WHEREAS Rick Shine has coined the term "piankification" to describe Dr. Pianka's vast and immeasurable influence on several fields of evolutionary ecology
- THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the JMIH submit a petition to Merriam-Webster for the inclusion of the word piankification (verb, piankafy), and
- BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this term be widely adopted members and used widely in publications.
As I've pointed out before about nihilists like this: not even the worst mass-killers of history (Hitler, Stalin, Mao, etc.) even DREAMED of staging ten-digit omnicides. And as a poster above noted, these cretins ALWAYS seem to assume that they and the other *Enlightened Ones* will be part of the lucky 10% that survives (although how they'd deal with the biological and physical wreckage of human civilization's infrastructure never seems to be mentioned.)
If you want a parallel from fiction, I can think of none better than H.P. Lovecraft's classic tale, "The Call of Cthulhu," where a cult was trying to wipe most of humanity off the planet and create a sort of anti-Eden where they would become "free and wild and beyond good and evil, with laws and morals thrown aside and all men shouting and killing and reveling in joy."
(And why is it that these kill-everyone-now types -- Peter Singer is another -- always look and dress like street winos?)
Yet five hours later, the distinguished leaders of 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.
It's not surprising that we have this whack job spouting this evil drivel at a university, but the above reaction by so very many of his colleagues is what is most chilling to me!
Fixed.
Wasn't this the theme of a Thomas Crichton novel?
I wonder if there is any way to get a list of the 500 scientists attending this conference and cheering for this nutjob?
What would this turd say if we "eliminated" 400-500 million arabs, bout now?
How can "purpose" be attributed to a process which is the epitome of chance and randomness????
Rainbow Six
But there was a gravely disturbing side to that otherwise scientifically significant meeting, for I watched in amazement as a few hundred members of the Texas Academy of Science rose to their feet and gave a standing ovation to a speech that enthusiastically advocated the elimination of 90 percent of Earth's population by airborne Ebola. The speech was given by Dr. Eric R. Pianka (Fig. 1), the University of Texas evolutionary ecologist and lizard expert who the Academy named the 2006 Distinguished Texas Scientist.
