Conspiracy theories are a way for the human mind to deal with an event who's seemingly random or evil incarnation is too icky to accept.
It serves to try and give a sense of control over an otherwise uncontrollable situation. > > There doesn't seem to be. > > There have been conspiracy theories about the towers since the event and > the > one thing they seem to have in common is a complete misunderstanding about > the physic involved. > > (In this respect they're fast replacing the old generation of moon-landing > doubters as the crackpots of choice.) > > The fall of the twin towers is easily explained using only what we assume > happened. The jet full/office products fire didn't have to "melt" the > steel > (although it probably did in some place), it only had weaken it. Once > enough of the lattice-like horizontal struts failed the rest would succumb > in a domino effect. Once the floor fell it would pancake down on the > already weakened supports of the floor below and then the entire building > would pancake down as we saw. > > This makes complete sense knowing what we knew about the building's > construction. > > The theorists will point to assumptions (lacking evidence at almost every > turn) about how the buildings "should have" toppled over sideways or how > debris would only be thrown upwards if a bomb were used or how jet fuel > fires wouldn't have melted the steel or how any number of things. > > The problem is they just jibe with the known expectations of the > situation. > Common sense says that the buildings would have toppled sideways, not > physics and architecture. Common-sense is wrong more often than you > think. > > Jim Davis > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:161045 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
