According to the definition, seismology is a science
that studies the processes and causes of seismic phenomena and the structure of
the Earth, i.e. a scientific
discipline that studies the movement of blocks of rocks of the Earth’s crust
and mantle and related phenomena. Seismology conducts research in the following
areas and is designed to scientifically explain two main issues: 1) Study of
the nature of seismic phenomena and the internal structure of the Earth. Why,
how and where do seismic impacts occur? 2) Protecting humanity from the
catastrophic consequences of seismic events. Is it possible to predict seismic
impacts? Like any other scientific discipline, seismology is obliged to follow
the laws of science and its fundamental principles. This article is devoted to
the description of violations of the fundamental laws of science committed by
seismologists in the study of seismic processes and raises the question of
compliance of the stated research directions with the current level of
development of sciences. Answering point No. 1, regarding the structure of the
Earth, it is possible to recognize some successes of seismology, which
nevertheless cause great doubts in the scientific community of geophysicists, because if the stratigraphic data
of ultra-deep wells often refute?[1] the
conclusions made by seismologists on the structure of the Earth’s crust at
shallow depth, then to assert something unambiguously about the structure of
the mantle and at the present stage, seismology cannot. Answering the main
questions of seismology, why seismic phenomena occur, and how earthquake energy
is formed, seismologists have not had, and have not. Answering point No. 2, we
can confidently say that in the matter of forecasting seismic phenomena,
seismology has not advanced one iota over the past century, and as
seismologists have been confused in the search for earthquake prediction
algorithms, they are also confused without any hope of success. All that modern
seismology can “boast” is the theory of Elastic recoil?
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