An Italian court’s conviction of six scientists and an ex-official for giving inadequate information to the city of l’Aquila just before it was devastated by an earthquake has been compared with the papal condemnation of Galileo in 1633. The judge stands accused of ignoring the scientific truth that earthquakes cannot be predicted, and of seeking scapegoats to appease the embittered population.
意大利一家法院判處6名科學家及1名政府官員有罪,理由是他們在拉奎拉市遭地震摧毀的幾天前,向該市提供了有問題的信息。已經有人拿這件事與1633年教皇判處伽利略(Galileo Galilei)有罪相比。人們指責法官無視地震不可能被預測的科學事實、為安撫受災居民而尋找替罪羊。
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