Physicists convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict earthquake
Physicists convicted of manslaughter for failing to predict earthquake
Lost amid the presidential debates, this jaw droppingly outrageous case from Italy: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20025626 Quote:
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Just wow, I have no words to describe my disbelief over such an unreasonable ruling.
This could be a huge step back for a lot of fields of science if this sets a precedences. |
Hopefully the judge at the appeal hearing just tosses the case out completely and sets these people free. Science and research isn't about absolutes and I don't even understand how you can specifically hold someone or a specific group of people responsible for an act of nature. This case makes absolutely no sense, how was it ever even drawn up in the first place? Like how did this ever get to court is what I want to know.
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How preposterous; it's a throwback to the Middle Ages.
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Sheer politics.
Earthquake predictions are as accurate as weather forecasts. It's the politicians job to instill policies that make certain areas ready for earthquakes. |
Considering how early movements could be due to a different fault line, to my understand, scientists can only accurately predict whether a large earthquake coming up to 10-15 seconds before it actually occur.
Plenty of time to provide warning to the public eh? :rolleyes: [/sarcasm ] |
Anti-seismic work is usually developed based on an area's history of tectonic activity, you don't wait for a freaking earthquake to happen before you enforce these measures. Shouldn't all countries already be aware of the potential scale of an earthquake, after researching around 3,000 years (to my knowledge) of previous events?
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Learn a bit about earthquake last year, and honestly it is almost impossible to predict. hundred times worse than weather prediction |
Leonardo would roll over in his grave for this.
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Wait, if those guys able to predict earthquakes at any time, they are considered "GOD"...
This case is a joke. No one should be blamed over natural disaster... |
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Well given how the italian words fisico (physicist) and psichico (psychic) sound the same verbally, the judge probably mistook one for another. :heh:
Italians are funny people. Their hand signal for "f*** you" is the hand signal for "do you want to eat?" in Indian. |
Guess it's a good time to start up a pitchfork and wooden cross store in Italy, witch hunting and the Inquisition is making a comeback!
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Er, this is a double-post. I was the one that dropped this in "Silly news stories" already :heh:
Oh, and I double-posted too, Xellos got it before I did :p |
These people are as worse as the Spanish Inquisition...in more than one way
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The title is misleading, they are convicted for the conference they did after the past earthquake and telling in front of countless TV channels "there's no chance there will be another big earthquake" (and even there I roughly sum up).
While their written report was that while the chance are little it would be better to increase the anti earthquake norm of building. But it seems the builder decided to follow what they said orally instead of what they wrote. Though it's stupid as a condamnation, really, nice one Italia. |
The builders are irrelevant, because the stated conference was only days before the earthquake hit. What people are blaming the scientists for are because they supposedly convinced people to go back to an unsafe area, resulting in their deaths. This, despite one other guy running around claiming that there definitely will be an earthquake, and giving the wrong times.
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I guess the judge doesn't realize the...
*puts on sunglasses.* ...magnitude of his decision. |
As expected, qualified scientists are now fleeing the italian government:
Italy disaster head Luciano Maiani quits over L'Aquila http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20039769 Quote:
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The inquistion has returned?
Also, meteorologists better leave soon too. |
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