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Scientists convicted of manslaughter for failing to warn of earthquake
Manchester Guardian ^ | Monday 22 October 2012 14.05 EDT | (Associated Press)

Posted on 10/22/2012 1:10:22 PM PDT by Olog-hai

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To: Olog-hai

The level of stupid here is just staggering! Now, we’ll have scientists predicting Earthquakes almost daily, whether they truly believe one is going to occur, or not.....


41 posted on 10/23/2012 5:54:22 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Albion Wilde
"From the nation that brought you Gallileo"

Didn't Gallileo get into some kind of trouble too, because his work with outer space conflicted with religious teachings, or something of the like?

42 posted on 10/23/2012 5:57:04 AM PDT by KoRn (Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
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To: Olog-hai

With the liberal MSM, sometimes you read a story so outlandish you think there have to be some facts missing.

In this case, I had heard elsewhere that all the scientists worked for a government agency.

I can imagine a scenario where they have been living off the public teat for years by claiming they could predict earthquakes. Perhaps this conviction is for theft by fraud.

The story needs more information. What did these scientists claim they could do? What were they paid to do? And what did they actually do?


43 posted on 10/23/2012 6:34:48 AM PDT by PressurePoint
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To: SunkenCiv

Has the term “FINO” yet been coined for such people?


44 posted on 10/23/2012 10:26:46 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: KoRn

They weren’t religious teachings per se. The church officials at that time upheld the view of Aristotle and Ptolemy that all heavenly bodies rotated around the earth (the so-called “geocentric orbit” theory). It may have been that the heliocentric orbit that the telescopes revealed (and that was concurrent with Copernicus’ findings and the theories of Aristarchus) echoed too much of sun worship and Ba’alism, to the church’s view back then.


45 posted on 10/23/2012 10:36:29 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Vinos.


46 posted on 10/24/2012 6:33:21 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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