Well, okay, only 90% of us. From a debate remeniscent of a high school/freshman Geography debate, the rapid increase in population must be circumvented somehow, otherwise the gigantic human population will no be sustainable on earth, and as such, destroy all the resources, leaving the planet dead.
Enter this man…
Dr. Eric R. Pianka. To summarize his main points, the population of the earth must be drastically cut by 90% in order to save it. The question is how to execute such a mass murder? War and famine are too selective. AIDS works too slowly. His choice?
Infect 90% of the masses with Ebola. Nothing is as fast acting. For further reading, head on to The Citizen Scientist for a full article on Dr. Pianka, and also head to Peter’s site, where he has already put in his two cents and inspired me to put in two of my own.
Now, remembering back through the haze of Grade 13 World Issues, where we studied issues pertaining to population growth, there are not just one, but two ways to control the population. One, the way Pianka suggests, to increase the death rate, but two, to limit the birth rate. Id est, teach the bloody world to use birth control. Yes, I do know of people in Canada and the USA who don’t have the faintest clue about how to control birth. Or what a condom is for that matter. So as a wake up call to archaic groups who condemn the use of birth control, I say this in the words of Rage Against the Machine: WAKE UP. There is far more at stake than your outdated belief structures.
To answer Peter’s question, however, yes, I would want Dr. Pianka to teach my children, if the opportunity were to present itself. Not for the traditional reasons that I want my future children to subscribe to his viewpoints. Rather, that Dr. Pianka is a university professor, and as such, university is an environment to which independent thought is fostered in young adults, and as such, would like my children to challenge him if that was the point of view they would take. I want my kids to see the opposing points of view, make up their own minds, and go to whatever ends they see fit to defend those values. Unfortunately, hiding them from views contrary to my own comfort zones will not allow them to evolve intellectually.
As to Dr. Pianka, the wannabe architect of the sudden death of 90% of our population, I have these parting shots.
1. Just how big is the list of people who have pissed you off in your lifetime anyway?
2. Based on how most of your students have studied World War II and the events leading up to such, how many people do you think will subscribe to your theories of mass murder? Well, you are a professor in Texas, which may say a lot.
And without further adieu, I hereby present Dr. Pianka with
That is all.
