J\u00fcrgen r\u00e6skti sig og h\u00f3f fyrirlesturinn. Hann fann fyrir hn\u00fat \u00ed maganum. \u00deetta var mikilv\u00e6gur fyrirlestur. Framt\u00ed\u00f0 hans sem jar\u00f0v\u00edsindamanns g\u00e6ti r\u00e1\u00f0ist \u00e1 n\u00e6sta klukkut\u00edmanum e\u00f0a svo. Hann var ekki einungis a\u00f0 s\u00e6kja um vinnu vi\u00f0 \u00feekktustu jar\u00f0v\u00edsindastofnun \u00de\u00fdskalands. Hann var einnig a\u00f0 kynna n\u00fdst\u00e1rlegar kenningar s\u00ednar um kvikuhreyfingar undir \u00cdslandi. Kenningar sem voru fr\u00e1brug\u00f0nar hef\u00f0bundnum kenningum \u00ed bransanum. Ef \u00fe\u00e6r reyndust r\u00e9ttar myndi hann skrifa nafn sitt \u00ed jar\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ikennslub\u00e6kur framt\u00ed\u00f0arinnar. Hann taldi sig hafa fundi\u00f0 \u00e1kve\u00f0in tengsl milli kvikuhreyfinga og ve\u00f0urfarsbreytinga. Tengsl sem enginn haf\u00f0i komi\u00f0 auga \u00e1 fyrr.<\/p>\n
Fyrirlesturinn f\u00f3r fram \u00ed kennslustofu \u00ed h\u00fasakynnum jar\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0istofnunarinnar. \u00cd fremstu s\u00e6tar\u00f6\u00f0unum s\u00e1tu margir af \u00feekktustu jar\u00f0v\u00edsindam\u00f6nnum \u00de\u00fdskalands. \u00dear \u00e1 me\u00f0al yfirma\u00f0ur jar\u00f0v\u00edsindastofnunarinnar. \u00de\u00f3 svo a\u00f0 fyrirlesturinn v\u00e6ri hluti af atvinnuvi\u00f0tali \u00fe\u00e1 var hann opinn \u00f6llum og \u00ed aftari s\u00e6tar\u00f6\u00f0unum var talsver\u00f0ur h\u00f3pur f\u00f3lks sem J\u00fcrgen kanna\u00f0ist ekki vi\u00f0 en ger\u00f0i r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 v\u00e6ru doktorsnemar \u00ed bland vi\u00f0 ranns\u00f3knarf\u00f3lk af \u00f6\u00f0rum svi\u00f0um.<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen byrja\u00f0i fyrirlesturinn \u00e1 a\u00f0 gera stuttlega grein fyrir megin kenningu sinni. Hann vatt s\u00e9r s\u00ed\u00f0an \u00ed a\u00f0 kynna fyrsta d\u00e6mi\u00f0 sem studdi kenningu hans. Um var a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a kvikuhreyfingar \u00ed tengslum vi\u00f0 eldgos \u00e1 \u00cdslandi \u00ed mars 2010. J\u00fcrgen \u00e1tti \u00ed talsver\u00f0um vandr\u00e6\u00f0um me\u00f0 a\u00f0 bera fram nafni\u00f0 \u00e1 sta\u00f0num \u00fear sem eldgosi\u00f0 braust upp \u00e1 yfirbor\u00f0i\u00f0. Hann haf\u00f0i margsinnis heyrt \u00edslenskt fr\u00e6\u00f0if\u00f3lk bera fram nafni\u00f0 \u00e1 Fimmv\u00f6r\u00f0uh\u00e1lsi en aldrei n\u00e1\u00f0 a\u00f0 bera \u00fea\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfur fram \u00e1 \u00feann veg a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 hlj\u00f3ma\u00f0i eitthva\u00f0 \u00ed l\u00edkingu vi\u00f0 upprunalega frambur\u00f0inn.<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen sk\u00fdr\u00f0i hvernig framgangur eldgossins og ve\u00f0urfari\u00f0 var \u00ed samr\u00e6mi vi\u00f0 kenningu s\u00edna. M\u00e1li s\u00ednu til stu\u00f0nings spila\u00f0i hann brot \u00far vi\u00f0t\u00f6lum vi\u00f0 \u00edslenska jar\u00f0v\u00edsindamenn og s\u00fdndi brot \u00far \u00edslenskum ve\u00f0urfr\u00e9ttum fr\u00e1 \u00feessum t\u00edma. Honum fannst \u00fea\u00f0 einst\u00f6k snilld a\u00f0 honum skyldi hafa dotti\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 \u00ed hug a\u00f0 blanda myndbrotum inn \u00ed annars fr\u00e6\u00f0ilegan fyrirlesturinn. Hann haf\u00f0i tali\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 gulltryggt a\u00f0 sl\u00edk framsetning myndi vekja ver\u00f0skulda\u00f0a athygli hj\u00e1 \u00feeim sem hl\u00fdddu \u00e1. \u00dea\u00f0 leit hins vegar ekki \u00fat fyrir a\u00f0 \u00e1heyrendurnir v\u00e6ru jafn hugfangnir. \u00deeir s\u00fdndu l\u00edtil vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0. F\u00f3lki\u00f0 virtist heldur \u00e1hugalaust um kenningu hans. J\u00fcrgen var\u00f0 fyrir vonbrig\u00f0um. Hann haf\u00f0i b\u00faist vi\u00f0 sterkari vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0um.<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen reyndi a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta vonbrig\u00f0in ekki sl\u00e1 sig \u00fat af laginu og vatt s\u00e9r yfir \u00ed t\u00e6knilega \u00fatlistun \u00e1 kenningu sinni og \u00fear \u00e1 eftir kynnti hann seinna d\u00e6mi\u00f0 sem studdi kenningu hans. Um var a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a eldgos sem kom \u00ed kj\u00f6lfar gossins \u00ed Fimmv\u00f6r\u00f0uh\u00e1lsi og kom upp \u00ed \u00f6\u00f0ru \u00edslensku eldfjalli sem bar nafn sem \u00f3m\u00f6gulegt var a\u00f0 bera fram. Seinna d\u00e6mi\u00f0 sn\u00e9rist um gosi\u00f0 \u00ed hinum alr\u00e6mda Eyjafjallaj\u00f6kli sem \u00f6\u00f0la\u00f0ist mikla fr\u00e6g\u00f0 um allan heim fyrir a\u00f0 valda meirih\u00e1ttar r\u00f6skun \u00e1 flugumfer\u00f0 \u00ed Evr\u00f3pu. L\u00edkt og \u00ed fyrra d\u00e6minu \u00fe\u00e1 spila\u00f0i J\u00fcrgen brot \u00far vi\u00f0t\u00f6lum vi\u00f0 \u00edslenska jar\u00f0v\u00edsindamenn \u00ed bland vi\u00f0 brot \u00far \u00edslenskum ve\u00f0urfr\u00e9ttat\u00edmum.<\/p>\n
Stuttu eftir a\u00f0 hann byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 kynna seinna d\u00e6mi\u00f0 t\u00f3k J\u00fcrgen eftir \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann haf\u00f0i n\u00e1\u00f0 a\u00f0 vekja \u00e1heyrendurna af v\u00e6rum svefni. F\u00f3lki\u00f0 byrja\u00f0i a\u00f0 p\u00edskra s\u00edn \u00e1 milli, kinnka kolli, hrista h\u00f6fu\u00f0 og lyfta br\u00fanum. \u00dea\u00f0 f\u00f3r gle\u00f0istraumur um J\u00fcrgen. Gat \u00fea\u00f0 veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 hann hef\u00f0i n\u00e1\u00f0 a\u00f0 sannf\u00e6ra \u00e1heyrendurna um \u00e1g\u00e6ti kenningar sinnar? Hann haf\u00f0i \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 minnsta n\u00e1\u00f0 a\u00f0 vekja athygli \u00feeirra. Hann gat varla be\u00f0i\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 kl\u00e1ra fyrirlesturinnn og sn\u00faa s\u00e9r a\u00f0 fyrirspurnum.<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen lauk fyrirlestrinum \u00e1 a\u00f0 \u00fatlista nokkrar spurningar sem enn var \u00f3svara\u00f0 var\u00f0andi kenningu s\u00edna. Hann setti fram ranns\u00f3knar\u00e1\u00e6tlun sem hann hug\u00f0ist fylgja til \u00feess a\u00f0 renna styrkari sto\u00f0um undir kenninguna. Hann klykti \u00fat me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 hann vona\u00f0ist til \u00feess a\u00f0 geta fullunni\u00f0 kenningu s\u00edna innan veggja \u00feeirrar \u00e1g\u00e6tu stofnunar sem hann heims\u00f3tti \u00ed dag.<\/p>\n
Eftir a\u00f0 J\u00fcrgen haf\u00f0i loki\u00f0 fyrirlestrinum gaf hann or\u00f0i\u00f0 laust fyrir spurningar. Hann leit beint \u00e1 yfirmann jar\u00f0v\u00edsindastofnunarinnar sem sat \u00ed fremstu s\u00e6tar\u00f6\u00f0. J\u00fcrgen til mikillar gle\u00f0i \u00fe\u00e1 r\u00e9tti yfirma\u00f0urinn upp h\u00f6nd og virtist \u00e1kafur \u00ed a\u00f0 svala fr\u00f3\u00f0leiks\u00feorsta s\u00ednum me\u00f0 spurningu. J\u00fcrgen i\u00f0a\u00f0i \u00ed skinninu. \u00deetta leit vel \u00fat.<\/p>\n
,,Var\u00f0andi \u00feessi tv\u00f6 d\u00e6mi sem \u00fe\u00fa t\u00f3kst,“ byrja\u00f0i yfirma\u00f0urinn spurningu s\u00edna, ,,hvers vegna voru allir karlkyns vi\u00f0m\u00e6lendur me\u00f0 yfirvararskegg \u00ed fyrra d\u00e6minu en enginn \u00ed \u00fev\u00ed seinna?“<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen star\u00f0i \u00e1 yfirmanninn og gapti. Hann vissi ekki hverju hann \u00e1tti a\u00f0 svara. Spurningin haf\u00f0i gersamlega slegi\u00f0 hann \u00far af laginu. Hann haf\u00f0i ekki reki\u00f0 augun \u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00e1rv\u00f6xtur \u00ed andlitum vi\u00f0m\u00e6lendanna hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 mismunandi \u00ed \u00feessum tveimur d\u00e6mum. Hann ger\u00f0i r\u00e1\u00f0 fyrir a\u00f0 hann hafi veri\u00f0 of upptekinn vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 sp\u00e1 \u00ed \u00fea\u00f0 hva\u00f0 vi\u00f0m\u00e6lendurnir h\u00f6f\u00f0u a\u00f0 segja.<\/p>\n
,,Ja, j\u00e1, nei,“ stama\u00f0i J\u00fcrgen. ,,\u00c9g bara hreinlega veit \u00fea\u00f0 ekki.“<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen fann ro\u00f0a streyma fram \u00ed kinnarnar. Hann svitna\u00f0i \u00ed l\u00f3funum. \u00deetta voru ekki vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0in sem hann haf\u00f0i vonast eftir a\u00f0 fyrirlestur hans fengi. Hann haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 a\u00f0 vonast eftir a\u00f0 f\u00e1 spurningar og athugasemdir um kenninguna sj\u00e1lfa. Hann leit yfir sk\u00f3lastofuna og vona\u00f0i a\u00f0 einhver spyr\u00f0i annarrar spurningar. Honum l\u00e9tti eil\u00edti\u00f0 \u00feegar hann s\u00e1 ungan en vel metinn pr\u00f3fessor sem sat \u00ed annarri s\u00e6tar\u00f6\u00f0 r\u00e9tta upp h\u00f6nd. J\u00fcrgen kinnka\u00f0i kolli og gaf til kynna a\u00f0 pr\u00f3fessorinn hef\u00f0i or\u00f0i\u00f0.<\/p>\n
,,Ja, \u00feetta er n\u00fa meira athugasemd heldur en spurning,“ sag\u00f0i pr\u00f3fessorinn og J\u00fcrgen vona\u00f0i a\u00f0 athugasemdin yr\u00f0i j\u00e1kv\u00e6\u00f0. ,,\u00deetta me\u00f0 yfirvararskeggi\u00f0, \u00fea\u00f0 g\u00e6ti n\u00fa veri\u00f0 tengt ve\u00f0urfari.“<\/p>\n
J\u00fcrgen yppti \u00f6xlum. Hann haf\u00f0i \u00ed fyrstu t\u00falka\u00f0 athugasemdina sem meinfyndni \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1tt a\u00f0 tengja saman skeggv\u00f6xt og ve\u00f0urfarskenningar J\u00fcrgens. Pr\u00f3fessornum st\u00f6kk hins vegar ekki bros \u00e1 v\u00f6r og J\u00fcrgen t\u00falka\u00f0i \u00fea\u00f0 sem a\u00f0 honum hef\u00f0i veri\u00f0 alvara me\u00f0 athugasemd sinni. Sem og vi\u00f0 fyrri spurningunni \u00fe\u00e1 haf\u00f0i J\u00fcrgen ekkert um m\u00e1li\u00f0 a\u00f0 segja og var\u00f0 hinn vandr\u00e6\u00f0alegasti. Yfirma\u00f0ur jar\u00f0v\u00edsindastofnunarinnar virtist hins vegar hafa eitthav\u00f0 um m\u00e1li\u00f0 a\u00f0 segja. Hann sn\u00e9ri s\u00e9r vi\u00f0 og f\u00f3r a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a athugasemdina vi\u00f0 pr\u00f3fessorinn. J\u00fcrgen heyr\u00f0i ekki n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega hva\u00f0 \u00feeim f\u00f3r \u00e1 milli en heyr\u00f0i stikkor\u00f0 \u00e1 bor\u00f0 vi\u00f0 yfirvararskegg, skammdegi, nor\u00f0an\u00e1tt og einnig \u00f6nnur ve\u00f0urtengd or\u00f0.<\/p>\n
A\u00f0rir \u00e1heyrendur hlustu\u00f0u af athygli \u00e1 samtal yfirmannsins og pr\u00f3fessorsins unga. Sm\u00e1m saman bl\u00f6ndu\u00f0u fleiri s\u00e9r \u00ed umr\u00e6\u00f0una og eins konar pallbor\u00f0sumr\u00e6\u00f0ur myndu\u00f0ust fremst \u00ed kennslustofunni. J\u00fcrgen tv\u00edst\u00e9 og velti \u00fev\u00ed fyrir s\u00e9r hvort hann \u00e6tti a\u00f0 sl\u00e1st \u00ed h\u00f3pinn og reyna a\u00f0 f\u00e6ra umr\u00e6\u00f0u pallbor\u00f0sins fr\u00e1 yfirvararskeggi til tengsla \u00e1 milli kvikuhreyfinga og ve\u00f0urfars. Hann haf\u00f0i hins vegar fengi\u00f0 n\u00f3g af umr\u00e6\u00f0u um yfirvararskegg. Hann \u00e1kva\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 ganga fr\u00e1 fart\u00f6lvunni sinni, minnisb\u00f3k og penna ofan \u00ed bakpokann sinn og l\u00e6\u00f0ast \u00far kennslustofunni eins hlj\u00f3\u00f0lega og hann gat til \u00feess a\u00f0 trufla ekki umr\u00e6\u00f0urnar. Hann g\u00e6ti \u00f6rugglega fengi\u00f0 vinnu einhvers sta\u00f0ar annars sta\u00f0ar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sm\u00e1saga eftir B\u00f6rk Sigurbj\u00f6rnsson. Jar\u00f0fr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn J\u00fcrgen fer \u00ed atvinnuvi\u00f0tal hj\u00e1 \u00feekktustu jar\u00f0v\u00edsindastofnun \u00de\u00fdskalands og \u00fearf a\u00f0 takast \u00e1 vi\u00f0 \u00f3v\u00e6ntar spurningar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,72,20,43],"class_list":["post-317","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-smasogur","tag-fyrirlestrar-og-radstefnur","tag-island","tag-jardfraedi","tag-taekni-og-visindi","col-md-6 col-sm-6"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/atvinnuvidtalid.png?fit=2362%2C2362&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1953,"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions\/1953"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/urbanvolcano.net\/is\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}