I just found out that his story about the Heike Crabs is also complete baloney. That makes me sad, it was really such a great story.
Human directed selection is a thing.
Have you ever seen a pug or do I need 58 articles with a bibliography 20 miles long to tell you they exist?
Of course human directed selection is a thing, when did I ever say otherwise? This is the problem with the Sagan types, you actually think that baloney is fine as long as it's sciencey-sounding baloney.