Just wow. Well done Italy, very well done. (not)

SubJeff on 20/9/2011 at 22:23

So a bunch of people, including some seismologists it seems, are on trial for not being able to predict the future, errr, I mean predict how big an earthquake that hasn't happened will be.

(http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/sep/20/italian-scientists-trial-predict-earthquake)

I can't understand how this can even have made it further than someone mentioning it to a lawyer before being soundly beaten whilst being made to repeat "I'll try not to be a dumbass, I'll try not to be a dumbass".

Ghostly Apparition on 20/9/2011 at 23:38

and yet, a cat can predict when his owner will arrive home on the train
(http://video.heraldsun.com.au/2131780176/Feline-trainspotter)

Aerothorn on 20/9/2011 at 23:45

As the Amanda Knox case has made readily apparent, the Italian justice system is (arguably) even more fucked up than the American one.

doctorfrog on 21/9/2011 at 07:54

I'm starting to wonder if the US is secretly subsidizing Italian stupidity in an effort to make its own galactic boneheadedness seem less obvious.

Ulukai on 21/9/2011 at 09:30

Surely the root of the problem is that they've got the Italian equivalent of (http://www.bbc.co.uk/southyorkshire/content/articles/2008/06/19/peter_stringfellow_feature.shtml) Peter Stringfellow running the country