The dangers of gravity research conferences

I heard by e-mail this morning from one of the participants in the
conference at Ioannina, Greece (Recent Developments in Gravity, 8-11 June)
that the conference excursion bus was in a rear-end collision with a truck.
They were on their way to (or returning from) a trip to the beach when this
happened. Apparently the participants were not seriously injured, but the
bus driver is in serious condition.

The conference continues.

Topics are Cosmology (Dark Energy, Dark Matter, CMB, etc); Gravitational
Waves; Alternative Theories of Gravity; Relativistic Astrophysics;
Mathematical Relativity; Quantum Gravity.

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Mike Dworetsky

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Dan Birchall wrote:
(Mike Dworetsky) wrote:
I heard by e-mail this morning from one of the participants in
the conference at Ioannina, Greece (Recent Developments in
Gravity, 8-11 June) that the conference excursion bus was in
a rear-end collision with a truck.

Ouch. Are you implying that gravity was somehow to blame? It seems
unlikely to have been the sole cause unless the bus and truck were
both quite massive.

No. *Talking* about gravity is the root cause of the trouble. The driver
may have been distracted by all those guys in the back waving their hands
and talking about "Gee-mu-nu. Gee-mu-nu. Dark matter. Dark energy. WMAP.
CMBR."

Seriously, I hope the driver recovers.

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Mike Dworetsky

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