9/11 Thread for advancedboy

[AtomicDog]

Advancedboy, since you've spammed several threads about 9/11, been asked to start an on topic thread about 9/11, yet have neglected to do so, I have taken the liberty to start one for you. Be my guest.

Finish this sentence: "9/11 is..."

You're welcome.

[Echnaton]

Assuming he returns, advancedboy ought to be held to the topics already in discussion until he answers the outstanding questions.

[AtomicDog]

He'll be back. He's visited the board at least twice since his tantrum. At any rate, I posted this thread because I wanted to point out that his inability to discuss 9/11 on its own instead of using it as a debate tactic indicates that he only uses it as a "credibility test".

[Chew]

Given his hilarious track record you just know he'll regurgitate all the dumbest claims:
-fire can't melt steel
-the towers fell at free fall "speed"
-the towers falling looked just like a controlled demolition, except when it doesn't look like a controlled demolition, but that was because it was a controlled demolition
-the Pentagon was hit by a missile

[twik]

I'm sure that, if he chooses to contribute, the words "fell into their own footprint" will be used a lot.

Because goodness knows, there's something weird about buildings falling down.

[gillianren]

It was one of the things that irritated me about The Avengers, actually; we know what buildings hit by large things look like when they collapse, and that wasn't it.

[RedneckR0nin]

9/11...cause GW Bush...the guy that pretty much ****** up everything possible at any given moment...and could not bllshit his way out of a paperbag.....somehow pulled off the greatest criminal conspiracy and cover up of all time...oh yeah and the Jews....can't forget about the Jews...they do everything!

[ineluki]

Finish this sentence: "9/11 is..."

9/11=0,818

Everyone knows that
WTC1 was dustified by some sort of Direct Energy Weapon
WTC2 was blown up by a miniature Nuke

Or we could believe in the Version by XKCD (http://xkcd.com/690/)

[Echnaton]

Or we could believe in the Version by XKCD

I believe everything from XKCD has a special meaning.

[Inanimate Carbon Rod]

I'm always astonished by the fact that Truthers don't seem to understand Occam's Razor or ever seem to use it, as it generally makes life an easier thing to understand and make your way through.

[Mr Gorsky]

I'm always astonished by the fact that Truthers don't seem to understand Occam's Razor or ever seem to use it, as it generally makes life an easier thing to understand and make your way through.

They're not allowed to play with sharp objects, obviously.

[ka9q]

I hadn't seen that xkcd cartoon before. It's brilliant! Why didn't I think of it -- a compromise to keep both sides happy!

(Or both sides unhappy.)

[Chew]

I'm always astonished by the fact that Truthers don't seem to understand Occam's Razor or ever seem to use it, as it generally makes life an easier thing to understand and make your way through.

Occam's Razor does not apply to historical events.

[Echnaton]

I'm always astonished by the fact that Truthers don't seem to understand Occam's Razor or ever seem to use it, as it generally makes life an easier thing to understand and make your way through.

Occam's Razor does not apply to historical events.

It applies to any research and history is no different. At its core, history is an interpretive theory used to tie together various accounts of an event (or series of events) supported by the documentation of the event in question.  Eliminating assumptions and unwarranted claims most certainly provides for better history. 

[Chew]

History is a bunch of shit that happened. Why that shit happened requires a theory. Terrorists hijacked planes and flew them into buildings does not require a theory to explain that it happened. Why they did what they did does.