Reply #121: But (see reply #98) it wasn't true

[muriel_volestrangler]

It was a distortion, by some creationists.

What the Texas Academy of Sciences said:

Whether or not we (TAS) as a body agree with the statements that Dr. Pianka made in his presentation is irrelevant. We are an Academy of individuals, and as such, each is free to make his or her alignments. TAS neither condones nor vilifies Dr. Pianka’s statements. We would like to state, however, that many of Dr. Pianka’s statements have been severely misconstrued and sensationalized. The purpose of his presentation was to dramatize the precarious plight of the human population. He did nothing more than apply commonly accepted principles of animal population dynamics to humans; an application not unique to this presentation and one that can be surmised by any student of ecology.

Dr. David S. Marsh
2006 President, Texas Academy of Science
2006 TAS Board of Directors

http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2006/04/texas_academy_o.html