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Questionable volcano authority

by surgent » Sun Jun 06, 2010 6:49 pm

Given the events in Iceland recently, you may find the following story to be very interesting:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepubli ... ioned.html
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by MoapaPk » Sun Jun 06, 2010 7:13 pm

He even fooled WSJ. What an amazing world we have today. The internet has become the misinformation highway.
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Re: Questionable volcano authority

by Baarb » Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:32 am

I took similar issue with a film maker being passed off as a 'volcanologist' recently when one of his videos made the rounds. Yes the vid looked pretty but showing off by climbing around in a crater and doing legitimate science are quite different things.
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by simonov » Thu Nov 11, 2010 3:18 pm

MoapaPk wrote:The internet has become the misinformation highway.


If I had a .sig, this would be in it.
Nunc est bibendum.
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