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[Is This Real Life?] Italian Scientists Jailed for Not Predicting Earthquake

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by hotballa, Oct 23, 2012.

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  1. hotballa

    hotballa Contributing Member

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    I feel like this is an Onion article, but then I googled it and sadly enough, it's legit. I'm not the biggest fan of eggheads, but cmon now...

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-20025626

     
    #1 hotballa, Oct 23, 2012
  2. rezdawg

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    That's up there with one of the dumbest things Ive heard.
     
    #2 rezdawg, Oct 23, 2012
  3. heypartner

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    Yeah, even The Onion couldn't make that one up. Italians can be pretty stupid sometimes.
     
    #3 heypartner, Oct 23, 2012
  4. Joe Joe

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    It will depend on what they said. From the article, it says they downplayed the risks. If they said there was no/little risk of a major earthquake while there was risk based on information they had, I can see some punishment. Without knowing what the data was they had and what they said, I don't want to fault Italy's judicial system just yet.
     
    #4 Joe Joe, Oct 23, 2012
  5. Mr. Brightside

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    Good for them. Someone needs to be held accountable for earthquakes.
     
    #5 Mr. Brightside, Oct 23, 2012
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  7. Blurr#7

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    Sounds like a shaky defense case.
     
    #7 Blurr#7, Oct 23, 2012
  8. Dr of Dunk

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    WTH? This is Europe, not Asia! :mad:
     
    #8 Dr of Dunk, Oct 23, 2012
  9. Kyakko

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    I'm rattled by the outcome of the trial.
     
    #9 Kyakko, Oct 23, 2012
  10. ChievousFTFace

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    It's their fault
     
    #10 ChievousFTFace, Oct 23, 2012
  11. Jontro

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    This news is ground breaking.
     
    #11 Jontro, Oct 23, 2012
  12. Yonkers

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    Their defense must have crumbled out from under their feet
     
    #12 Yonkers, Oct 23, 2012
  13. RC Cola

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    I liked Neurologica's write-up on the topic (not much more info on the event, but better background info):
    http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/guilty-verdict-for-italian-earthquake-scientists/
    More at the link (I just cherry-picked a few paragraphs).
     
    #13 RC Cola, Oct 23, 2012
  14. heypartner

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    I give it an 8.8.
     
    #14 heypartner, Oct 23, 2012
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  16. Mr. Clutch

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    I wonder why their economy is bad?
     
    #16 Mr. Clutch, Oct 23, 2012
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