Central U.S. Earthquake Info

ronbo142 writes "The United States Geological Survey site has real time (or close to it) information on the now two significant events of the day. Check out their site to enter your experience and view other event specific information."

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Re:Webicorders?

[jd]

The only way to learn an observation-based science is to observe and ask questions, with the full recognition that an observation may not be accurate. It is difficult - and somewhat illegal - for individuals to carry out experimental science capable of generating measurable earthquakes large enough to be observed over any significant distance. Book knowledge in the hands of a non-expert is largely useless as it is impossible for a non-expert to know enough to evaluate the book.

I think it was Kansas that tried mandating fraudulant claims be included in science textbooks for scools, or it may have been a school district in Pennsylvania. There were a bunch that tried forcing Intelligent Design within the accepted textbooks themselves. Regardless of where it was, the fact remains that this demonstrates non-experts CANNOT trust any source that cannot be questioned. Books can't talk, people can. Ergo, it is to people - preferably those who are experts - that non-experts must go. There are plenty of experts (and people who know experts) on Slashdot. Ergo, observations of interest to non-experts posted on Slashdot may get feedback from experts, enlightening the non-expert and anyone else who might have been interested by the non-expert's observation.

It's quite simple. So simple, in fact, that it has been the cornerstone of the better educational systems for thousands of years. Well, other than posting to Slashdot, as it's not that old. Yet.

Re:Webicorders?

[jd]

Thanks for the link, it's much appreciated. Again, this is truly interesting stuff that would be hard to find if you don't know what to look for, rarely (if ever) gets referenced by media coverage, and is far better pointed out by a post such as yours (and covered by the website you linked to, which is nicely presented, making a distinct change from many accademic sites) than by trying to hunt through a textbook (most of which have a worse layout than the accademic websites I detest). This is good information.