Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just American

[ksinger]

If I were an Italian scientist, I'd be thinking it's time to change countries. Or get a new career. Move over Galileo.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/23/world/europe/italy-quake-scientists-guilty/index.html

I wonder how long now before some idiot with less sense than a turkey in the rain, sues one of our local meteorologists? They already get hate mail...I can see it happening.

 

[JewelFreak]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Unbelievable, isn't it? Geologists everywhere are using the word "appalling." Right. I wonder too who's next? Has the whole world gone crazy? Does anybody else feel like they've entered the Twilight Zone in all kinds of areas?

--- Laurie

 

[Tuckins1]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Yes, "Twilight Zone" was exactly what I was thinking! Has the world gone mad?!

 

[MichelleCarmen]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Unbelievable, isn't it? Geologists everywhere are using the word "appalling." Right. I wonder too who's next? Has the whole world gone crazy? Does anybody else feel like they've entered the Twilight Zone in all kinds of areas?--- Laurie

Yes!!!

 

[movie zombie]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

seems like an inquisition against the scientific community....yes, we have entered a twilight zone.

 

[ksinger]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Sir Bedevere: ...and that, my liege, is how we know the Earth to be banana shaped.
King Arthur: This new learning amazes me, Sir Bedevere. Explain again how sheep's bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes.


Sadly, MP-HG even applies to THIS.

 

[kenny]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

This is sooo stupid!!!

 

[orbaya]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Ridiculous! I feel so bad for them!!

We had an earthquake here last week that registered at 4.0...earthquakes here are rare (the last one was a decade ago) so it made the news. One of our lawn chairs fell over so I had to go down the stairs and stand it up. Can I sue scientists that did not give ample warning for the earthquake in my area for the labor I had to endure to upright our chair?

 

[orbaya]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Also, this makes me wonder if the scientists would have been sued either way. If they had predicted an imminent earthquake and Italy prepared for it, but the quake did not happen, would they have sued the scientists for being wrong and causing unnecessary costs in preparations for it?

 

[lovebug1031]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Also, this makes me wonder if the scientists would have been sued either way. If they had predicted an imminent earthquake and Italy prepared for it, but the quake did not happen, would they have sued the scientists for being wrong and causing unnecessary costs in preparations for it?

My thoughts precisely - it's scary!

 

[yennyfire]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Time to move to an uninhabited planet.

 

[yssie]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Time to move to an uninhabited planet.

Good grief. Seriously. This is beyond ridiculous

 

[lulu]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Crazy. I've been puzzled by the Italian justice system since Amanda Knox. Now I think it's scary.

 

[canuk-gal]

Re: Sad proof that scientific illiteracy is not just America

Crazy. I've been puzzled by the Italian justice system since Amanda Knox. Now I think it's scary.

Amen.

 

[Gypsy]

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O. M. G.

Seriously?

Manslaughter convictions and SERIOUS jail time for scientists that failed to predict and warn accurately of the severity of an earthquake! That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! And this is an election year!