Also Italy has a (recent) history of prosecuting scientists who attempt to give their opinion (even if it isn't listened to). If I was an Italian scientist I wo

Also Italy has a (recent) history of prosecuting scientists who attempt to give their opinion (even if it isn't listened to). If I was an Italian scientist I would stay far away from predicting anything to or for the government. http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/02/why-italian-earthquake-scientists-were-exonerated http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/02/why-italian-earthquak...