Quote Lord God Jose Mourinho="Lord God Jose Mourinho"The politicians involved in the levee's in New Orleans. Anti-global warming scientists who are heavily funded by oil companies.
My first thought was that the trial was a ridiculous joke. It might be, but it could be that the scientists did downplay the risks because of political and financial reasons.'"
If you read the article and look at who has been convicted, what their jobs and positions were, it is impossible to see what motive they could possibly have for downplaying the risks.
If what the article says is true as mentioned by David Rothery, that the best estimates at the time was that the low-level seismicity was not likely to herald a bigger quake and that is what these scientists communicated, it is purely a subjective judgement if that was down playing the danger - which is what they have been convicted of doing.
Quote Lord God Jose MourinhoI think the rush to judgement to mock this is wrong. The data will either free them or convict them.'"
What do you mean? They were convicted because the prosecution said they were too reassuring. The data is what it is and as I said its a subjective call if they were too reassuring. The prosecution are saying it is not about prediction but about the reassurances given. I doubt any seismologist would ever give unequivocal assurances and I bet these people didn't either. Not when the areas in question has such high seismic activity.
