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Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?

Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats


Predicting L'Aquila Earthquake: is it right to blame the scientists?

FromMore or Less: Behind the Stats

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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Oct 29, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week six scientists and one ex-government official were sentenced to prison for multiple manslaughter following the L’Aquila earthquake in Italy. Part of the case against them was the falsely reassuring comments they made before the earthquake struck. Will this deter scientists from giving advice in the future?
Released:
Oct 29, 2012
Format:
Podcast episode

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Tim Harford and the More or Less team try to make sense of the statistics which surround us. From BBC Radio 4