Thread: 9/11 Conspiracy

Alric, your thinking is flawed. I am not just simply interested in public opinion. I am interested in the opinions of experts, and I am interested in whether or not people heard an airplane hit the Pentagon and other social factors that are relevant to this conspiracy stuff. That's not the same as giving a damn what somebody like you thinks about whether there was a 9/11 conspiracy.

If an airplane hit the Pentagon, people working there would know. We don't have 1/6 of the thousands of people working at the Pentagon saying that it was not hit by an airplane. We have 0/6. They were there, while average Joe on the street was not. The Pentagon has windows, a parking lot, air traffic controllers responsible for its area, cops that react to its criminal situations immediately, and workers who can go outside immediately and see if it was a metal ball on a crane that hit the Pentagon. How would all or practically all of those people miss a missile or metal ball or whatever? Why would the government roll dice like that? If something other than an airplane hit the Pentagon, it would be widely known. Please explain how it would not.

Also, we don't have 1 out of 6 engineers or demolition experts or construction foremen saying the biggest news story in history, which involves construction/demolition aspects and issues, is flawed. You know good and well that most of them give a damn on some level about the story, especially the American ones, especially the Americans in New York. Do you claim that all of them know what really happened and are too scared to talk, except a very tiny percentage of them which can be accounted for by the Bush hate cult factor? Why aren't the masses going off about it? You underestimate the phenomenon of grape vine talking. A few engineers talking would get enough engineers interested enough to do more talking, and it would be an enormous matter. It would make Watergate look like a jay walking incident in Hazelhurst, Mississippi. Public opinion by itself is unimportant to me, which is why just seeing non-experts in this thread talking about how a bunch of demolition and construction principles that I know very little about, while the masses of actual experts are close to completely silent, does not mean much to me and is not going to have me going after an engineering degree so I can get to the bottom of their non-expert claims. But psychology/sociology principles that I know for a fact exist (stuff I do know a lot about) and are not at play in a situation where they should be if the situation is actually real does have me calling bullshit on ideas. If I hear about a situation where I know certain social phenomena will result, and those social phenomena do not result, the idea that the situation happened will seem absurd.

Let's say that somebody claims hurricane Katrina was just a regular storm and never a category 5 hurricane, not even a category 1 hurricane. Suppose that the claim is that the government and media hyped it up to make it look like there was a hurricane. They might say the levee was blown up so there would be a flood so the government and media could say there was a hurricane. Now suppose that the claim is correct. Don't you think people in Mississippi and Louisiana would be all over the place going off about how there was no hurricane? Well, they're not doing it. What does that tell you? So this is not about mere public opinion. It's about social phenomena that do occur under certain circumstances. If A results in B, and B does not happen in a situation, then A did not happen in that situation. Do you understand?

Originally Posted by memeticverb

This is a simple logical fallacy...

...Not to mention completely proven wrong by the very fact that Operation Northwoods was not brought to public attention until 1999. Thus, Operation Northwoods proves that 1) the Pentagon does indeed have the technological and monetary capability to plan in detail a staged terrorist attack against the U.S. public. and 2) that this sort of activity can be kept secret for a very long time.

Now for those who think they can debunk the evidence of controlled demolition of the WTC, you must first engage that evidence, and not simply pretend it doesnt exist. Flat denials are not arguments. So..heres just a tiny fraction of the evidence, as presented by PhD professors with relevant experience:

Dr. Crocket Grabbe, winner of the National Science Foundation's Postdoctoral Fellowship, and teacher of graduate courses in Plasma Physics and Mathematical Physics recently wrote this:
Direct Evidence for Explosions: Flying Projectiles and
Widespread Impact Damage
http://www.journalof911studies.com/v...nsEvidence.pdf

Terry Morrone. Professor Emeritus of Physics, Adelphi University
Proof That The Thermal And Gravitational Energy
Available Were Insufficient to Melt Steel in the Twin Towers and WTC7
http://www.journalof911studies.com/v...ngWTCsteel.pdf

And again, heres the proof that there was in fact tons of molten iron and a govt offical's attempt to deny it:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...03712325092501

To UM, you committed two fallacies in each of your last two points, and answered neither of the above points posted by myself.

To argue that because only hundreds of prominent architects, engineers and physicists have made public statements or written scholarly articles, instead of the millions that are in existence, does not in any way provide evidence against the controlled demolition theory. It is very important to understand this as its a common fallacy promoted constantly on the internet.

The second point made by UM is also widely recognized as a strawman fallacy, since the first person to propose the missile theory for the Pentagon was Donald Rumsfeld. The idea was then promoted by a number of hoax artists pretending to be a part of the 911 Truth movement. This is called Psy-ops; where a wild theory is promoted by agents of disinformation to discredit the wider movement in which it is injected. Even if it were true that the vast majority of 911 researchers believe a missile hit the Pentagon (they definitely do not) it would be a fallacy of reasoning to discount all the other pieces of evidence based on the falsity of just one.

Personally, I think that the 9/11 conspiracy theory is a government conspiracy to make them seem all-powerful.

Originally Posted by memeticverb

To argue that because only hundreds of prominent architects, engineers and physicists have made public statements or written scholarly articles, instead of the millions that are in existence, does not in any way provide evidence against the controlled demolition theory. It is very important to understand this as its a common fallacy promoted constantly on the internet.

That is not an argument. It is an assertion. Explain yourself. I am still waiting for a counterargument, not a mere contradiction.

Originally Posted by memeticverb

The second point made by UM is also widely recognized as a strawman fallacy, since the first person to propose the missile theory for the Pentagon was Donald Rumsfeld. The idea was then promoted by a number of hoax artists pretending to be a part of the 911 Truth movement. This is called Psy-ops; where a wild theory is promoted by agents of disinformation to discredit the wider movement in which it is injected. Even if it were true that the vast majority of 911 researchers believe a missile hit the Pentagon (they definitely do not) it would be a fallacy of reasoning to discount all the other pieces of evidence based on the falsity of just one.

That does not in any way counter my point. If you will read my post more carefully, you will see that question 2 was two part. I addressed one of the common hypotheses, which comes in many forms, not just a form involving the idea of a missile. The second part was meant for those who believe an airplane did hit the Pentagon but that the airplane was part of a government conspiracy. I asked who would be willing to die for whatever the "real" agenda was.

I am nowhere near being a construction or demolition expert. I have a learning disability when it comes to that stuff. I get dizzy thinking about how legos fit together. I am not going to argue about that stuff because I don't know how the buildings should have fallen. But my understanding of human behavior tells me that your conspiracy hypothesis doesn't add up. I know how hysterical society in general is, and I know how information travels in academic circles and in society in general. It is not traveling the way it would if what you are arguing were true. Did you read my Katrina analogy? Until you explain away my points about this, you are not going to convince me of anything, no matter how much you talk about this board going this way and that metal melting that way. I am not going to take an extreme minority's word for it. Now give me some direct counterarguments.

Originally Posted by Riley

Personally, I think that the 9/11 conspiracy theory is a government conspiracy to make them seem all-powerful.

If it is, they are doing a great job of achieving the objective. I think it's funny to see people talk about what an absolute moron Bush is and then turn around and say he pulled off by far the most impressive conspiracy stunt in the history of the world. That reminds me of the South Park episode that's been brought up in this thread a few times.

The flaw with your arguement however is there is people who are running around complaining about it. You just call them crazy and move on however. Its easy to say no one is talking about it when you decide to ignore everyone with the 'wrong' view.

Originally Posted by Alric

The flaw with your arguement however is there is people who are running around complaining about it. You just call them crazy and move on however. Its easy to say no one is talking about it when you decide to ignore everyone with the 'wrong' view.

I said there are some. But I am talking about social phenomena that involve the masses. If you can figure out the demolition stuff, then every engineer, demolitionist, and construction foreman and supervisor in the world would have understood it in September of 2001. A two minute bar room conversation would result in every one of those people in the world knowing that the government's explanation is incorrect. That would turn into the biggest news story ever. I don't see any way around that. It would be like the government explaining how somebody died and using false medical science in the explanation. The entire medical community would pick up on that in a matter of days, and from there the whole world would know. So if the medical community at large doesn't do that, it means people posting in this thread so far generally would not have some keen understanding of any medical falsehoods the government is using. Think about that. We are talking about the biggest news event ever, and one that is at the root of a war my country is involved in. If there were construction/demolition falsehoods being used by the government that you and Memeticverb and others in this thread understand, how in the world would that not be getting screamed out by the masses of the actual experts? You're saying it, but they aren't? I don't come anywhere near seeing how that makes sense.

There are a lot of them that say it, your only problem is you don't believe there is 'enough' of them saying it. How many is enough? Where is the line between it being true and false based on how many agree? Does 51% of them believing it make it true. Do you only need 40% or do you need nearly all of them to say it before it is true?

Here is a question? How come the masses didn't raise up and ask what happen to building 7? Obviously it fell, thats a fact. Obviously it wasn't hit by a plane, that is a fact. All people agree on both of them but then you put them togather and you get, building 7 wasn't hit by anything yet it fell. The obvious question is why? Yet there are still people don't even know building 7 fell.

Originally Posted by Alric

There are a lot of them that say it, your only problem is you don't believe there is 'enough' of them saying it. How many is enough? Where is the line between it being true and false based on how many agree? Does 51% of them believing it make it true. Do you only need 40% or do you need nearly all of them to say it before it is true?

You are still misunderstanding my point. I am not saying popular belief means truth. I am saying that truth that is so accessible and easy to understand that even regular Joes on a lucid dreaming forum site can understand it will be understood by the masses of experts, and when that happens in the type of evil situation we are talking about and it is the biggest news story of all time, the expert chatter would be the loudest sound in the world. It is about a social phenomenon that is not happening, not that popular belief automatically means truth. If what you are saying about stuff that is so building construction 101 is true, experts who disagree with it should be very rare. I don't know what exact number I would put on it, but it would be something in the insignificant zone. Experts are often wrong, but not about stuff that is this easy for every single one of them. We are not talking about rocket science or brain surgery principles that are debatable among people who understand those things. We are talking about no-brainer stuff for people who understand the basics. Something like what you are saying would be huge. And why would the government lie about something so easy for the experts to figure out in the biggest news story in history?

Again... Who could have possibly been flying the airplanes? What suicide terrorists would be willing to die for Bush? Doesn't it make much more sense that they were suicide bombers dying for Allah and attacking their #1 enemy? The latter is so much more plausible.

Originally Posted by Alric

Here is a question? How come the masses didn't raise up and ask what happen to building 7? Obviously it fell, thats a fact. Obviously it wasn't hit by a plane, that is a fact. All people agree on both of them but then you put them togather and you get, building 7 wasn't hit by anything yet it fell. The obvious question is why? Yet there are still people don't even know building 7 fell.

I am not an expert on how it works, but I think it was supposed to be caused by the debris of two of the tallest buildings in the world crumbling and slamming to the ground. I will ask my construction supervisor friend about it some time. Or do you think I should ask a bar tender?

If you look at the video though, there is next to no damage to the building. If you have a friend like that I don't see why you don't ask him. Honestly I would like to hear his opinion as well. How come one of the least damaged buildings in the area fell?

Originally Posted by Alric

If you look at the video though, there is next to no damage to the building. If you have a friend like that I don't see why you don't ask him. Honestly I would like to hear his opinion as well. How come one of the least damaged buildings in the area fell?

I'll have to wait until he gets out of rehab. He never brought up the issue when we used to hang out all the time, and we were best friends when 9/11 happened and talked a lot about terrorism and the war on terror.

My lay person hypothesis would be that what matters is where the damage occurs and not how much damage there is overall that determines whether a building falls. I guess. But that's about all any of us here can do.

EDIT: My hypothesis is the explanation given in an article in the magazine Popular Mechanics. It goes into detail about what could have happened.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...42.html?page=5

That may true but it fell the same way as the other buildings did, straight down. There isn't one key point in the building if hit, will collapse the entire thing. Now if the building fell over side ways like the site was trying to say it did, then yea I would say that was possible. Theres video from every angle of that building though, including from the side which was damage, up to and including the moment it collapsed and the front of the building that was hit did not collapse first.

Originally Posted by Alric

That may true but it fell the same way as the other buildings did, straight down. There isn't one key point in the building if hit, will collapse the entire thing. Now if the building fell over side ways like the site was trying to say it did, then yea I would say that was possible. Theres video from every angle of that building though, including from the side which was damage, up to and including the moment it collapsed and the front of the building that was hit did not collapse first.

The article talks about internal stress damage that was relevant. It said stress on one face could be transferred to the other faces and cause a vertical collapse.

And again... Who do you think was flying those airplanes?

Its easy enough to control a plane by computer control. Its basicly what autopilot does anyway. Besides its not like its trying to do any complex like landing, it just needs to slam into a building.

Originally Posted by Alric

Its easy enough to control a plane by computer control. Its basicly what autopilot does anyway. Besides its not like its trying to do any complex like landing, it just needs to slam into a building.

Imagine how hard it would be to pull that off. Plenty of workers on the planes would know the pilots aren't there. Air traffic control would know that they aren't talking to the pilots. People working on the runway would look inside the airplanes and see that pilots are in there. Maintenance workers would see that the cockpit has some crazy extra equipment in it. There is no way the government could pull that off without a lot of people noticing.

Thats not really true. No one is really watching the cockpit. Once they go in there and lock the door. Basicly you really only need someone to say they are talking to the pilots and maybe a boss to change a few things on a schedule so no one notices. Thats all it really takes, two people.

As for all the equipment, it may be possible to do it with very little or no changes. And if it not, your having a maintenance put it in anyway so no chance anyone else is going to see it.

Originally Posted by Alric

Thats not really true. No one is really watching the cockpit. Once they go in there and lock the door. Basicly you really only need someone to say they are talking to the pilots and maybe a boss to change a few things on a schedule so no one notices. Thats all it really takes, two people.

As for all the equipment, it may be possible to do it with very little or no changes. And if it not, your having a maintenance put it in anyway so no chance anyone else is going to see it.

I'm confused. Are you saying this is what happened, or are you just saying its a possibility? What about the phone calls from Flight 93. We know there was a hostile takeover.

Originally Posted by Alric

Thats not really true. No one is really watching the cockpit. Once they go in there and lock the door. Basicly you really only need someone to say they are talking to the pilots and maybe a boss to change a few things on a schedule so no one notices. Thats all it really takes, two people.

As for all the equipment, it may be possible to do it with very little or no changes. And if it not, your having a maintenance put it in anyway so no chance anyone else is going to see it.

Flag people on the runway communicate with the pilots using signals, and several people in air traffic control talk to them. And the plane workers know the pilots personally and know when they are not there.

Originally Posted by Half/Dreaming

What about the phone calls from Flight 93. We know there was a hostile takeover.

Yeah, that too.


If the conspiracy really did happen and was pulled off so well, it is the most impressive thing I have ever heard of. It is about the most evil thing I have ever heard of too.

I am just saying its possible.

If you notice, "Universal Mind's" posts are usually excessively wordy for their lack of substantive content, almost never contain reputable sources, (or even any source) and often contain logical fallacies (the simplest of which he doesn't acknowledge or probably even comprehend).

It is a fallacy, therefore irrelevant improper reasoning, to argue as UM does, that because there are not "millions" of scientists or other experts saying that the WTC buildings were demolished with explosives that this counts against this theory. This is such a terrible and arbitrary argument its hard to believe it is even seriously being used. On the contrary, we should expect politically disruptive theories to be vehemently opposed by officials and very hesitantly acknowledged by the relevant experts.

The controlled demolition theory of the WTC buildings has already been proven by experts, (hundreds if not thousands of them). If one wishes to argue against their proof, which is based in science and logic, then they must use logic and scientific reasoning to do so.

Again, they should start with any argument or scientific article written in the Journal of 911 Studies, or found in the group Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth.

Direct Evidence for Explosions: Flying Projectiles and Widespread Impact Damage
Dr. Crockett Grabbe
http://www.journalof911studies.com/v...nsEvidence.pdf


The Sustainability of the Controlled Demolition Hypothesis for the Destruction of the Twin Towers
Tony Szamboti, ME

9/11 – Evidence for Controlled Demolition: a Short List of Observations
Frank Legge (Ph D)

http://www.journalof911studies.com/a...olition_20.pdf


Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth

http://www.ae911truth.org/

Please, UM, or Half Dreaming, or other people violently reacting to the 911 Truth movement, just engage any of these articles, or any of the arguments found on the AE91truth.org site, and not your own illogical concoctions. And others, whether you agree or not, critical engagement with the work of experts is always productive.

There weren't any explosives in the basement. How many times do I have to mention that the bottom floors and basement were the very last to go?

The hole in the Pentagon was the exact size of the cabin of the 757 that hit it.

Building 7 fell hours after the attacks. The massive amount of explosives it would have taken to destroy that building was never heard. The explosives would have made a louder noise than the actual building falling.

Osama bin Laden, the architect/terrorist, confessed to the attacks, assuming the wack-ass theory that al Qaeda doesn't exist isn't true.

The phone conversations of Flight 93 indicate Arabic speaking people taking over the plane.

Last of all, and my favorite, the 9/11 Commission Report knows better than you do. 585 pages of "9/11 Truth" beats the crap out of your "expert opinions". 1200 interviews in 10 countries, and HALF A MILLION documents came up with our "theory". What do you have on that? Read for yourself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_Commission_Report

The simple fact that your theories don't have as much support as mine proves which one is right. And my support isn't from a buch of rogue architects.

What about the bombings in London? Were they a conspiracy too?

Originally Posted by memeticverb

If you notice, "Universal Mind's" posts are usually excessively wordy for their lack of substantive content, almost never contain reputable sources, (or even any source) and often contain logical fallacies (the simplest of which he doesn't acknowledge or probably even comprehend).

It is a fallacy, therefore irrelevant improper reasoning, to argue as UM does, that because there are not "millions" of scientists or other experts saying that the WTC buildings were demolished with explosives that this counts against this theory. This is such a terrible and arbitrary argument its hard to believe it is even seriously being used. On the contrary, we should expect politically disruptive theories to be vehemently opposed by officials and very hesitantly acknowledged by the relevant experts.

The controlled demolition theory of the WTC buildings has already been proven by experts, (hundreds if not thousands of them). If one wishes to argue against their proof, which is based in science and logic, then they must use logic and scientific reasoning to do so.

Again, they should start with any argument or scientific article written in the Journal of 911 Studies, or found in the group Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth.

Direct Evidence for Explosions: Flying Projectiles and Widespread Impact Damage
Dr. Crockett Grabbe
http://www.journalof911studies.com/v...nsEvidence.pdf


The Sustainability of the Controlled Demolition Hypothesis for the Destruction of the Twin Towers
Tony Szamboti, ME

9/11 – Evidence for Controlled Demolition: a Short List of Observations
Frank Legge (Ph D)

http://www.journalof911studies.com/a...olition_20.pdf


Architects and Engineers for 911 Truth

http://www.ae911truth.org/

Please, UM, or Half Dreaming, or other people violently reacting to the 911 Truth movement, just engage any of these articles, or any of the arguments found on the AE91truth.org site, and not your own illogical concoctions. And others, whether you agree or not, critical engagement with the work of experts is always productive.

Why do you always have to go into personal attacks? It's because your points lack substance. You insult me and throw negative labels at my arguments, but you never actually counter them. That's because you can't. And I did post an article from Popular Mechanics along with making many logical arguments about how the conspiracy hypothesis does not add up. Let's see you actually counter the arguments I have made, beyond saying the already made and countered point that some engineers have said they think there was a conspiracy. Again, I am talking about the masses of experts who easily understand what somebody like you could understand and the social phenomenon of the travel of important knowledge in the midst of the biggest news stories of all time. Review my arguments, and try to counter them. I don't think you can. Your hollow labels are vague and not backed up by specific arguments. Let's see what you can actually argue, not just assert.

And again, I am not a demolition expert, and I don't think you are either. We are not qualified to argue the demolition specifics because there are too many alternative explanations and factors to consider for us to form anything conclusive. The people in those videos are in the extreme minority and have nothing to do with my argument that the masses of experts would be creating chatter that has not been happening. I made many other arguments too. Let's see if you understand the concept of direct counterargument. Your hollow hostility is very weak.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

Why do you always have to go into personal attacks? It's because your points lack substance. You insult me and throw negative labels at my arguments, but you never actually counter them. That's because you can't. And I did post an article from Popular Mechanics along with making many logical arguments about how the conspiracy hypothesis does not add up. Let's see you actually counter the arguments I have made, beyond saying the already made and countered point that some engineers have said they think there was a conspiracy. Again, I am talking about the masses of experts who easily understand what somebody like you could understand and the social phenomenon of the travel of important knowledge in the midst of the biggest news stories of all time. Review my arguments, and try to counter them. I don't think you can. Your hollow labels are vague and not backed up by specific arguments. Let's see what you can actually argue, not just assert.

lol. I didnt personally attack you, which you admit when you say I "labeled" your arguments as logical fallacies. They are. And you just committed a few more, proving my point that you do not comprehend basic use of logic.

Popular mechanics makes good use of fallacies as well and that you think it offers any valid arguments shows how little you've studied this topic before spouting off at overly-repetitive length on it.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

And again, I am not a demolition expert, and I don't think you are either. We are not qualified to argue the demolition specifics because there are too many alternative explanations and factors to consider for us to form anything conclusive. The people in those videos are in the extreme minority and have nothing to do with my argument that the masses of experts would be creating chatter that has not been happening. I made many other arguments too. Let's see if you understand the concept of direct counterargument. Your hollow hostility is very weak.

Im not being hostile but merely pointing out faulty reasoning. No one needs to be an expert to be able to debate or be knowledgeable on any topic. Academic expertise only adds credibility, it doesnt establish or confine truth.

And no one is arguing demolition "specifics" anyways, but general characteristics that are visibly plain in any demolition. We cannot debate specifics because the steel needed to do so was destroyed despite protest by 911 Families and scientists who wanted it properly analyzed for arson.

....arson?