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> The Chinese earthquake that killed 80,000 people in May of 2008 most likely was not an act of God, a study released today has found. I can understand that fo
by rplnt 14y ago
> The Chinese earthquake that killed 80,000 people in May of 2008 most likely was not an act of God, a study released today has found.
I can understand that for some strange reason is the phrase "act of God" in the USA law system (it is, right?). But why is it in a scientific paper?
- linohh 14y agoThe paper itself does not contain the word 'god' at all.
- rplnt 14y agoAh, OK, I thought it was a citation. It certainly looked so with that styling.
- samuel_wade 14y agoIt's from the press release, not the paper itself.
- snake_plissken 14y agoit's not meant to be taken literally, it's one of many phrases to describe long tail events