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Hi all To follow on from Rob's Geoscientist link, here's a nice article on the topic by an excellent science writer (actually a scientist) in the Guardian newspaper. http://www.badscience.net/2010/06/burn-the-scientists/#more-1699 Cheers Zoe Butler, Robert wrote: > Dear all You may also be interested in the news item on Geoscientist > Online: > http://www.geolsoc.org.uk/gsl/geoscientist/geonews/page7943.html > together with the comments at the foot of the article on behalf of > the Council of the Geological Society. Not only does the item give > further background to the events surrounding the earthquake but also > a link to the INGV letter. As I write this I note that there are > approaching 4000 signatories from all over the world. > > Best wishes > > Rob Butler ________________________________________ From: Tectonics & > structural geology discussion list [[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Ryan, Paul (EOS) [[log in to unmask]] Sent: 17 June > 2010 19:31 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: about an > attack to Science in Italy > > It is best to assume that science is threatened and to sign. The key > point, however, is that if scientific predictions are required by law > to be exact, then no scientist worthy of the name can ever again act > on a national body and make (or fail to make) such predictions. The > Dark Ages beckon. > > Paul > > Paul D. Ryan EOS, NUI galway, Ireland. > > > The University of Aberdeen is a charity registered in Scotland, No > SC013683. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zoe Shipton Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences University of Glasgow Gregory Building Glasgow G12 8QQ +44 (0)141 330 2783 www.ges.gla.ac.uk/faff