tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post7091941065725403479..comments2024-02-15T07:19:24.972-05:00Comments on The Daily Doubter: Debunking 9/11 conspiracy theoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-23012478074922819832010-02-21T13:08:19.849-05:002010-02-21T13:08:19.849-05:00“All truth passes through three stages. First, it ...“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” -- Arthur Schopenhauer<br /><br />"1,000 Architects & Engineers Call for New 9/11 Investigation "<br /><br />More than 1,000 worldwide architects and engineers now support the call for a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. After careful examination of the official explanation, along with the forensic data omitted from official reports, these professionals have concluded that a new independent investigation into these mysterious collapses is needed.<br /><br />www.thetruthnews.info/census.html#911Johnhttp://thetruthnews.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-87141886293218019892009-06-21T13:26:17.419-04:002009-06-21T13:26:17.419-04:00Phil Mole's attempt at debunking the 9/11 Trut...Phil Mole's attempt at debunking the 9/11 Truth Movement was pretty poor, almost sad. I corrected some of his delusions in the response I wrote to it.<br /><br />Phil Mole: “<i>Best engineering estimates tell us that steel loses 50% of its strength at 650° F, and can lose as much as 90% of its strength at temperatures of 1,800° F.5 Even if we assume temperatures of no higher than 1,000° F during the fire, we would still have more than enough reasons to expect damage severe enough to result in eventual collapse.</i>”<br /><br />Here Phil seems to be confusing the temperature of the steel with the temperature of the fires. It is the former that matters.<br /><br />What evidence is there that any of the steel reached these temperatures? What percentage of the steel would have to reach these temperatures before we should expect the towers to “collapse”?<br /><br />NIST found that only 2% of the steel tested on the perimeter columns got over 250C(482F) and none of the core columns. They also found, “Microstructure tests showed no steel reached critical (half-strength) values (600 C, 1112 F).” <br /><br />Besides, if fire temperatures of only 1,000° F can cause an entire building to be destroyed, then why hasn’t this happened before? So Phil’s previous assertions are baseless.tanabearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13683878890408974918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11224468.post-74538383071469469122009-06-15T19:47:44.168-04:002009-06-15T19:47:44.168-04:00I'm glad that you posted this article. Many pe...I'm glad that you posted this article. Many people have gotten to the point where they will accept a conspiracy theory as truth without any true evidence. However, don't you think that this article is only accurate assuming that none of the evidence provided by conspiracy theorists have much content? I don't happen to believe that 9/11 was any sort of conspiracy (at least not by the American government, etc), but some of the evidence that these conspiracy theorists have brought forward have a lot of substance. For example, the authors of 911review.org, among others, bring up an important point: "There's no airliner debris at the Pentagon, and the deep and focused damage to the building could not be from an airliner crash" (par. 13). This evidence can't easily be disputed. I'm sure there is a simple explanation, but nonetheless this is good evidence. I don't think that this article is a very good example because it doesn't address this important assumption that it has made.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548745198353968433noreply@blogger.com