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End of the World

A controversial UT professor warns of the earth's end.

His name is Eric Pianka, and students enrolled in his Ecology, Evolution and Society course will hear a sad synopsis of Earth's vanishing species and habitats — coupled with an apocalyptic warning about humans racing obliviously toward the edge of a high cliff.

I had a similar professor in engineering school 15 years ago who argued that the earth already passed it's "carrying capacity". Yeah right! We have seen an unprecedented economic and population explosion since then.

The bottom line is humans always have doomsday prophecies that never come to pass. Why do you think the nutty Tim Lahaye's Left Behind series does so well.

posted by Jim VAT @ 8:00 AM