The trouble with the scientists' position is that they DID make a prediction, they predicted that there wouldn't be an earthquake; in fact they assured the people of the town that the small tremors were actually a positive sign and that there was nothing to worry about. Both they and the local politicians deserve stiff prison sentences.
No, it was an unjustified sentence. Its a common hypothesis that in areas where there are many small seismic activity there will be no major earthquake, this is what they said, yet its known that its not always the case. Scientists do science, they are not responsible of natural disasters. If someone says a traffic light will prevent a crash on crossing highways, yet there is one, would you convict that person?
What are you talking about? What "scientists" or better yet scientific organization has ever said "There will be or won't be an earthquake" at a certain location & time? Please tell!!
Didn't look very hard did you? Al Jazeera: " Italian scientists await verdict in L'Aquila case" /watch?v=s0dtKeF_-ao They were given a platform and shot their mouths off and people trusted them and died as a result. If they'd simply said that earthquakes were unpredictable that would be different matter, but they didn't, they reassured people that they were perfectly safe. Scientists should be held accountable like everyone else.
They did never make a prediction... didn't you even see the video? Our modern understanding of earthquakes does not provide us a good method of predicting them.
If they would have predicted a major quake and it didn't happen they could be accused of insighting a panic.
seems like a decent reporter..
The trouble with the scientists' position is that they DID make a prediction, they predicted that there wouldn't be an earthquake; in fact they assured the people of the town that the small tremors were actually a positive sign and that there was nothing to worry about. Both they and the local politicians deserve stiff prison sentences.
No, it was an unjustified sentence. Its a common hypothesis that in areas where there are many small seismic activity there will be no major earthquake, this is what they said, yet its known that its not always the case. Scientists do science, they are not responsible of natural disasters. If someone says a traffic light will prevent a crash on crossing highways, yet there is one, would you convict that person?
You do realize that's the international space station, right?
international space station = satellite to be launched later this year to monitor electrical disturbances... no, not really.
What are you talking about? What "scientists" or better yet scientific organization has ever said "There will be or won't be an earthquake" at a certain location & time? Please tell!!
Didn't look very hard did you?
Al Jazeera: " Italian scientists await verdict in L'Aquila case"
/watch?v=s0dtKeF_-ao
They were given a platform and shot their mouths off and people trusted them and died as a result. If they'd simply said that earthquakes were unpredictable that would be different matter, but they didn't, they reassured people that they were perfectly safe. Scientists should be held accountable like everyone else.
They did never make a prediction... didn't you even see the video? Our modern understanding of earthquakes does not provide us a good method of predicting them.
Can you read??? Scientific Organization. Now about that "Hole"??
HOW !!!!
Shouldn't the Vatican be more involved?