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Isaac Asimov - The Relativity of Wrong
The great science fiction author writes of the fuzzy nature of right and wrong, and how scientific theories should not be considered incorrect as much as they should simply be considered incomplete.
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Don’t look now, but the world’s fisheries are plummeting.
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▼Kiyohara no Motosuke, ancient Japanese poet, writing of a tsunami in AD 869.
Scientist Warned of Japan Tsunami Disaster via Ancient Poem:
In 2001, Koji Minoura read the poem above. He’s a paleontologist in Sendai, Japan. “Sue no Matsuyama” jumped out at him, a reference to the name of a local pine-covered hill. Ancient historical accounts of the region referenced thousands dying in rising waves after an earthquake.
So he published this paper, using sediments that he found beneath rice fields to estimate the 869 earthquake at 8.3 magnitude. He warned of possible dangers should another earthquake like it occur, and the likelihood of mass deaths inTōhoku.
Unfortunately, no one listened until after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which killed nearly 16,000 people in precisely the manner Minoura predicted ten years earlier. I guess you never know where scientific inspiration will strike.
Keep your eyes and mind open.
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