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Geologists Might Be Charged For Not Predicting Quake

Posted by timothy on from the google-will-no-doubt-be-found-at-fault dept.

mmmscience writes "In 2009, a series of small earthquakes shook the region of L'Aquila, Italy. Seismologists investigated the tremors, but concluded that there was no direct indication of a big quake on the horizon. Less than a month later, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake killed more than 300 people. Now, the chief prosecutor of L'Aquila is looking to charge the scientists with gross negligent manslaughter for not predicting the quake."

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  1. Re:way to drive by ffreeloader · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Mods, give it a rest.

    Learn to recognize sarcasm when you see it. You modded a sarcastic comment making fun of both sides of the political aisle as flamebait. He made fun of the socialists and the conservatives in just two sentences. That's hard to do. He ought to be modded +5 funny, not flamebait, on his ability to use sarcasm alone....

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  2. Re:way to drive by Bigjeff5 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Chill dude, it was corrected. These things tend to work out on slashdot.

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    Security is mostly a superstition... Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. - Helen Keller
  3. Re:way to drive by RadioElectric · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Regression to the mean, correlation/causation, etc.