$ Q7 ]) A7 e& t 本港核子专家胡仲豪表示，这份学术评论由著名科学家编写，经过审查，可信性高，建议日本当局与亚洲各国领袖参考。他特别认同评论中提到，部分国家在预防地震等天灾，所编写的预防制度多由政府官员，欠缺富科学知识的人参与制定，政治因素大于科学理据。 8 ?4 Q# V! Y* v/ P) A+ P: I: [# K% {
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Robert J. Geller calls on Japan to stop using flawed methods for long-term forecasts and to scrap its system for trying to predict the 'Tokai earthquake'.8 d# e9 s Y2 w- [4 e7 r# ^9 @
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Emergency drills such as this mislead the public into believing that the Tokai district is due a magnitude-8 quake soon.
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