Pope Urban VIII jailed Galileo for following the scientific method. Centuries later Pope issues Formal apology.Turns out it takes more than a few hundred years for Italian to learn...
Italy courts have jailed 6 seismologist for failing to accurately predict the L'Aquila earthquake.
The judgement sets a chilling precedent. How will we drive learning if we cannot safely share ideas, theories and opinions in public? How many thousands of people may needlessly suffer if the science of forecasting the risks of earthquakes, storms, floods and the like cannot develop freely? Where is the justice in denying future victims the benefits of research that will inevitably be stifled by this judgement?
Everything has become far too embarassing for the Italian government. Whilst their failure to run their national affairs is there own concern. This is shameless attempt to appease the people who have suffered at the hands of the government's failings, by attacking science and natural laws. The scientific method comes with no-partisan allegiance. To polticise and attack it is cheap, and disgusting.
For your information Judge Marco Billi, no-one thinks Pope Urban VIII was that great...
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