Re: Italian court convicts scientists for no quake warning

2012-10-24 Thread Larry C. Lyons
There is nothing that says that the judiciary should not be as stupid or ignorant as the electorate. On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Michael Dinowitz wrote: > > An Italian court convicted 7 scientists on a charge of giving "inexact, > incomplete and contradictory information" about weather smal

Re: Italian court convicts scientists for no quake warning

2012-10-23 Thread LRS Scout
Wow that's nuts. Isn't that kind of prediction still more art than science? On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Michael Dinowitz < mdino...@houseoffusion.com> wrote: > > An Italian court convicted 7 scientists on a charge of giving "inexact, > incomplete and contradictory information" about weathe

Italian court convicts scientists for no quake warning

2012-10-23 Thread Michael Dinowitz
An Italian court convicted 7 scientists on a charge of giving "inexact, incomplete and contradictory information" about weather small tremors felt for months in a small town were signs of an impending earthquake. The scientists were all on Italy's Great Risks Commission and included internationall