Jones, I agree that the trial of the scientist is ridiculous, and a disgrace, but its also an indicator of how warped the political/legal environment is for italian science.
RE: "...impossible to prediction Eqs with any accuracy..." I see you haven't read my posting on EQ prediction... 5/26 @ 10:34pm ;-) It isn't a stretch at all that one might see geomagnetic anomalies when very large areas (tens of miles) of rock are under tremendous strain and begin to rupture... -Mark > _____________________________________________ > From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 10:38 AM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: [Vo]:Another 'Italian Job'? > > What is it with the Italian national identity ? Brilliance in art and science > and idiocy in > politics? > > Do their politicians completely fear and distrust science and/or do the > citizens expect miracles > of a field that may seem to be closer to magic, in the tradition of > alchemy?... or more to the > point - does the national culture unduly influence what is being reported > about Rossi, and Mills, > or Rossi in the context of Mills? > > Actually, that is not the real point of this post - which started out as a > coincidental > reappearance of particular nickel alloy, known since before Verdi's opera > Othello premiered at La > Scala. > > But talk of alloys is pretty cold, or semifreddo at best, and needs some warm > regards... so we go > back the shocking story of Italian Law enforcement officials charging the > country's top > seismologist with manslaughter, after failing to predict a 2009 catastrophe! > Never mind that > Earthquakes are impossible to predict with any accuracy. In fact, according > to the website for the > USGS, no major earthquake has ever been predicted in advance ! Never mind the > failing efforts by > seismologists to debunk the myth of a major Roman quake on May 11 which half > of Rome thought was > going to happen - and it did not. > [snip] > Jones > > >
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