Scott notes the desire of Dr. Eric R. Pianka to wipe out 90% of the human species by the (deliberate?) spreading of the Ebola virus.
The full story is here at The Citizen Scientist.
Here’s what worries me about this. No, not the resources running out, humanity the pollution, polluting Gaia who will wreak her rewenge. No.
He’s nicked the bloody idea from a Tom Clancy novel, Rainbow Six.
I mean, yes, fine, Tom Clancy’s a perfectly decent airport read and of course the book sold squillions. But really, saving the planet by recycling a decade old thriller?
What next? Greenpeace building a time machine to save the whales?
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