When :science goes wrong

[Cipher]

Semantics. The word "scientist" was not used, however the word "science" was. That word is a broad and general term used for studies in many areas, such as chemistry, biology, flight, and dozens more. Ultimately, all of those who become formally equipped with such knowledge use.....apply....their knowledge to their chosen field of endeavour .

Perhaps we can agree on this: the reality in New Orleans is there were many people whose advanced level(s) of education saw them become fully educated/trained in accordance with the science standards of the period in which they acquired their expert status through education and they became formally qualified in how to "apply the science".

Having formally learned the latest scientific knowledge of the day multiple engineers applied their expertise/acquired scientific knowledge over a span of many decades, however their collective efforts at "applying the science", led to conditions that altered what the article states were originally stable, above sea-level, conditions of the land and thus portions of the City of New Orleans that had been subjected to application of known and established science sank below sea level

You're a fine one to comment on mincing words.
The Mississippi is not stable it moves by the myriad forces acting upon it.
The implementation of works would have been decided upon by politics.

Iirc they are dismantling the cement ditch that was a river in Los Angeles.

Ultimately your post is typical of your wanting to appear superior by twisting words to match the sorry fantasy that plays out in your reason deficient mind.

[wyly]

Contrast New Orleans with Amsterdam, 2,500 yrs of living on land below sea level the dutch learned to live with water rather than fight it. Illiterate farmers who figured it not with science but experience, trial and error over many centuries. It wasn't until the last couple hundred years or so when educated engineers took over that problems really arose, likely over confident that their formal education could be more aggressive and do more than in previous centuries. Humbled by their failures to they needed back off and concede that they needed to work with the sea and rivers not fight them.

[earlfor]

Contrast New Orleans with Amsterdam, 2,500 yrs of living on land below sea level the dutch learned to live with water rather than fight it. Illiterate farmers who figured it not with science but experience, trial and error over many centuries. It wasn't until the last couple hundred years or so when educated engineers took over that problems really arose, likely over confident that their formal education could be more aggressive and do more than in previous centuries. Humbled by their failures to they needed back off and concede that they needed to work with the sea and rivers not fight them.

Sometimes, the best way to deal with adversity is to take a step to the side, and go around it.

[Grimly]

Sometimes, the best way to deal with adversity is to take a step to the side, and go around it.

Gonna need a bigger boat.

[earlfor]

Gonna need a bigger boat.

New Orleans was built in a swamp to start with, but it's been so long ago that they forgot the ocean was there first. LOL

[wyly]

New Orleans was built in a swamp to start with, but it's been so long ago that they forgot the ocean was there first. LOL

gotta pick battles that you can win and go with the flow when you can't.

Amsterdam didn't try keep eliminate the water they built the city on piles and let the water flow through the canals, 845 years still stable and dry.

[Cipher]

gotta pick battles that you can win and go with the flow when you can't.

Amsterdam didn't try keep eliminate the water they built the city on piles and let the water flow through the canals, 845 years still stable and dry.

Some proctologists build their career on them.

Piles to bedrock or is it effectively floating like a series of barges?

[GS1150Pilot]

And Amsterdam continues to lead today with floating neighborhoods.

https://time.com/2926425/the-floating-homes/

[earlfor]

And Amsterdam continues to lead today with floating neighborhoods.

https://time.com/2926425/the-floating-homes/

Having been in New Orleans various times, I can't see them showing any interest in floating their city.

[bccap]

And Amsterdam continues to lead today with floating neighborhoods.

https://time.com/2926425/the-floating-homes/

They've got some cool stuff happening in Rotterdam too .... Floating pavilions and even a floating forest .....