Reply #119: Clarification: From what I understand, this

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is not a transcript of THE actual speech in question, of which no actual transcript or recording may exist, but it is a transcript of one of Dr. Pianka's presentations during this same time period, and Pianka has said that this transcript represents the general tone and outline of the presentation Mims mischaracterized. (I was not aware of this at the time I posted this link, but The Gazette-Enquirer did apparently publish it as a response to all the brouhaha surrounding Pianka's speech, and, I would think, possibly at his request.) In other words, this represents the presentation he had prepared and was using at this time, which makes sense, since it is time-consuming to plan and write such a lecture as this, and it would be used many times during a given period of time. I am wondering if perhaps Mims chose to write up his smear using the particular speech he did precisely because he knew there would be no recording or transcript to refer to later.

Has anyone been able to find any credible reports from someone in attendance at the TAS event in question? I've seen one from Dr. Kathryn Perez with Duke University that seems credible to me, but nothing from anyone else, save one questionable report repeating the same memes as Mims (yet claiming to support Pianka) from a blogger that I think may already have been linked in this thread.

I am very concerned about this issue in regard to the targeting of academics and scientists by right-wing ideologues and right-wing religious fanatics.