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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on May 27, 2011 0:00:12 GMT -5
Earthquake prediction can be a grave, and faulty science, and in the case of Italian seismologists who are being tried for the manslaughter of the people who died in the 2009 L'Aquila quake, it can have legal consequences. The group of seven, including six seismologists and a government official, reportedly didn't alert the public ahead of time of the risk of the L'Aquila earthquake, which occurred on April 6 of that year, killing around 300 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110526/sc_livescience/seismologiststriedformanslaughterfornotpredictingearthquake~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...I'll admit it... this bothers me... and I'm no scientist...  ...anybody else bothered by this?  |
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Post by pappyjohn99 on May 27, 2011 0:55:17 GMT -5
Sounds like a good time to get out of the seismology business.
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Post by Angel! on May 27, 2011 15:11:53 GMT -5
This is ridiculous. Let's blame the scientists for not being able to predict what we don't yet have the technology or methodolgy to predict.
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2011 15:14:54 GMT -5
Earthquake prediction can be a grave, and faulty science, and in the case of Italian seismologists who are being tried for the manslaughter of the people who died in the 2009 L'Aquila quake, it can have legal consequences. The group of seven, including six seismologists and a government official, reportedly didn't alert the public ahead of time of the risk of the L'Aquila earthquake, which occurred on April 6 of that year, killing around 300 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20110526/sc_livescience/seismologiststriedformanslaughterfornotpredictingearthquake~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ...I'll admit it... this bothers me... and I'm no scientist... ...anybody else bothered by this? Takes ambulance chasing to a whole new level. |
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Post by ed1066 on May 27, 2011 15:27:32 GMT -5
This isn't much different from people who sue gun manufacturers because the manufacturer didn't put so many safety devices on the firearm so as to make it totally unusable...
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Post by wyouser on May 27, 2011 15:35:59 GMT -5
hmmmm...only stifles science? this reaches into business, healthcare, children's activities To include rapidly dissappearing playground equipment and facilites, and maybe soon whats even allowed on your menu |
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on May 27, 2011 20:46:22 GMT -5
hmmmm...only stifles science? this reaches into business, healthcare, children's activities To include rapidly dissappearing playground equipment and facilites, and maybe soon whats even allowed on your menu ...agreed... |
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Post by henryclay on May 27, 2011 20:55:15 GMT -5
It's not limited to seismologists and earthquakes. In today's society more and more people worldwide look to their governments for their very existence. Common sense and self reliance is rapidly loosing their proper places, so as a consequence governments respond by trying to be the end-all-do-all and that results in . . . . . . Forecasters are not always held blameless for their predictions. In Taiwan, the head of the weather service was jailed for not warning of an approaching typhoon. His office predicted that the storm would miss the island. It didn't. In Israel, a weathercaster was sued by a viewer who claimed a surprise shower messed up her hair, gave her the flu, made her miss four days of work, and caused mental anguish. In the United States, the families of fishermen lost in a surprise storm off Boston sued the National Weather Service. Also, the state of Connecticut has been sued by the family of a girl who was killed by a falling tree during a severe storm in July 1989. The girl was attending a group outing at a state park when the storm struck. Just saying , , , |
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Post by billisonboard on May 27, 2011 21:06:21 GMT -5
People in a democracy look to the government they elect and that government attempts to meet that demand instead of telling the people to forget it (i.e. that the government knows better what is good for the people).
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Post by BeenThere...DoneThat... on May 28, 2011 12:11:02 GMT -5
People in a democracy look to the government they elect and that government attempts to meet that demand instead of telling the people to forget it (i.e. that the government knows better what is good for the people). ...true, but...  ...I was on a long drive recently and was thinking about earlier days of the USA where identification with ones state was stronger than identifying with ones nation... Philadelphia or D.C. was just too dang far away to be given too much governance... that sentiment still applies, imo...  |
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