Seems related:
Oct 22, 2012 ... ROME — Seven prominent Italian earthquake experts were convicted of
manslaughter on Monday and sentenced to six years in prison
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/23/world/europe/italy-convicts-7-for-failure-to-warn-of-quake.html
I could never imagine such things to happen anywhere in my lifetime.
As soon as I saw this psychiatrist headline on Drudge yesterday, I associated it with the earthquake scientists. This will not end well.
That is ridiculous. There will be unintended consequences from that ruling.
You just posted what I was going to. It’s unbelievable.
There are people who actually believe that scientific advances can be made by protesting in the street. I saw some group recently patting themselves on the back for all the advances in HIV research and treatment--which they had achieved by protesting outside the White House. I think it is people like that, who think that science and magic are indistinguishable, who send scientists to prison for failing to predict the unpredictable. Or who send doctors to prison for failing to control patients who are resisting treatment.