Preface

Abstract

«A hypothesis that cannot in principle be put to the test of evidence may be interesting, but it is not scientifically useful.» [AAAS 1989]<br /><br />This statement was reported by the American Association for the Advancement of Science – the largest general scientific society in the World – and it describes well the basic rationale that stands at the root of the Collaboratory for the Study of Earthquake Predictability (CSEP; www.cseptesting.org), a project initiated by the Southern California Earthquake Center...