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THE TRUTH ABOUT EARTHQUAKE SCIENTISTS CONVICTED IN ITALY

A court in Italy has convicted six Italian scientists of criminal manslaughter. The trial, however, is NOT about failing to predict the unpredictable, as most of the newspapers all over the world are suggesting. Nobody can predict earthquakes. But rather, is about the fact that these “scientists”, who were members of the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks,... 

L’AQUILA: IT’S NOT A VERDICT FOR NOT HAVING FORESEEN THE EARTHQUAKE

L’AQUILA VERDICT: A JUDGMENT NOT AGAINST SCIENCE, BUT AGAINST A FAILURE OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION [italian version | versione italiana] (from Scientific American) – A court in Italy has convicted six scientists and one civil defense official of manslaughter in connection with their predictions about an earthquake in l’Aquila in 2009 that killed 309 people. But, contrary to the majority...