Seismologists Tried For Manslaughter For Not Predicting Earthquake

Posted by Roblimo on Friday May 27, 2011 @04:22AM from the next-time-the-scientists-might-not-say-anything-at-all dept.

mcgrew writes "From LiveScience: 'Earthquake prediction can be a grave, and faulty science, and in the case of Italian seismologists who are being tried for the manslaughter of the people who died in the 2009 L'Aquila quake, it can have legal consequences.' A group of seven, including six seismologists and a government official, reportedly didn't alert the public ahead of time of the risk of the L'Aquila earthquake, which occurred on April 6 of that year, killing around 300 people, according to the US Geological Survey."

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"I Thought They Were Suing SCIENTOLOGISTS" by Jeremiah+Cornelius · 2011-05-27 04:28 · Score: 3, Funny

Oh, well... Never mind.

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Fun with summaries by Ironchew · 2011-05-27 04:45 · Score: 3, Funny

Earthquake prediction can be a faulty science
I see what you did there...
Re:Who can we sue? by LostAlaska · 2011-05-27 04:48 · Score: 5, Funny

Aren't earthquakes often referred to as "acts of god". So if they want to hold someone accountable, I mean the Vatican is like just down the road...