by culicomorpha » Tue 13 Nov 2007, 19:47:06
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')I love that one, it says it all:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('culicomorpha', '.').. You also seem to suggest one must be a Professional Structural Engineer to understand what happened because the equations are too complicated for the simple folk to understand? People can't trust their own eyes to tell them what looks like controlled demolitions? ...
... I have high confidence in my assessment that building 7 was a controlled demolition because it had all the hallmark features of a controlled demolition and I trust my senses. The videos were not doctored. How many of these things have been seen on TV?...
Is this guy serious?
PS: If there are two "PLAUSIBLE" explanations of an event I stick to:
Entia non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem
First, I'm a woman. Your assumptions are not working out very well for you, although I suppose it was a good guess given the ratio here.
Second, Occam's razor, according to Wikipedia: The principle states that the explanation of any phenomenon should make as few assumptions as possible, eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory."
So, let's start from the reported evidence for building 7 (from
http://www.ae911truth.org/):
1. Rapid onset of “collapse”
2. Sounds of explosions at ground floor - a full second prior to collapse (heard by hundreds of firemen and media reporters)
3. Symmetrical “collapse” – through the path of greatest resistance – at nearly free-fall speed — the columns gave no resistance
4. Squibs, or “mistimed” explosions, at the upper 7 floors seen in the network videos
5. “Collapses” into its own footprint – with the steel skeleton broken up for shipment
6. Massive volume of expanding pyroclastic dust clouds
7. Tons of molten Metal found by CDI (Demolition Contractor) in basement (no other possible source than an incendiary cutting charge such as Thermate)
8. Chemical signature of Thermate (high tech incendiary) found in slag, solidified molten metal, and dust samples by Physics professor Steven Jones, PhD.
9. FEMA finds rapid oxidation and intergranular melting on structural steel samples
10. Expert corroboration from the top European Controlled Demolition professional
11. Fore-knowledge of “collapse” by media, NYPD, FDNY
And exhibited none of the characteristics of destruction by fire, i.e.
1. Slow onset with large visible deformations
2. Asymmetrical collapse which follows the path of least resistance (laws of conservation of momentum would cause a falling, to the side most damaged by the fires)
3. Evidence of fire temperatures capable of softening steel
4. High-rise buildings with much larger, hotter, and longer lasting fires have never “collapsed”.
Occam's razor does not give you free license to ignore facts. You must still explain the observed phenomenon. Many of the facts listed above cannot be explained in any way except by the use of controlled demolition.
I have seen you say many times you cannot verify this piece or that piece of evidence, but I think what makes the above case strong is the way all the pieces fit together in a consistent, coherent way, that matches expectations based on past experience. It is a believable story.
Your explanation, on the other hand, requires excluding most of the above data, requires completely discounting the testimony of the witnesses, and is inconsistent with all known examples of steel framed buildings collapsing due to fire.
I think it is clear which side Occam's razor is on.