Comments on: So, you wanna be a skeptic?

By: AlexKenas

AlexKenas — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:12:37 +0000

To be a skeptic, you cannot just cherry pick individual cases. For example: you cannot simply say that all psychics are frauds just because Sylvia Browne is a perfect example of a psychic fraud. It is important to be skeptical. However, skepticism must not lead to aragance. Skepticism is open-mindedness. In other words, you have to be accepting of every bit of evidence. Even anecdotal evidence is considered evidence, although, it is worth squat. Anyone can say anything but that doesn’t make it true. You have to consider the authencity of the evidence before you make assumptions on it. There are people who make crap up just to get attention. However, many people do tell the truth when they speak.

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By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:34:15 +0000

“Yeah, but what a big cloud of dust it is. I don’t see anything left at the bottom except dust.”

Well, you cannot see through dust. and you are obviosly not seeing , or seeing something else from what I see in the videos and aftermath photos. Because there sure as heck was a more than dust left. All of this ignores the obscene amount of explosives you’d need for you alleged ‘dusitification’ to take place. Any such level explosives, even with shaped charges would resemble a true explosion…not ‘the block disappears into a cloud of dust’.

This is, quite frankly, silly.

“The videos I saw, the noise seemed pretty scary and deafening loud.”

But not the sound of explosive charges. Not like that all. There is a huge difference between the massive rumbling sounds of the collapsing towers and demolition charges going off.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:11:54 +0000

“For another, what you are claiming to see is not was is on the videos. The buildings are not being turned into fine dust, they are being obscured as they fall into a cloud of dust made by drywall, concrete, etc.”

Yeah, but what a big cloud of dust it is. I don’t see anything left at the bottom except dust.

The videos I saw, the noise seemed pretty scary and deafening loud.

By: Matthew

Matthew — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:25:41 +0000

“twin towers: yes there are videos, the very ones that show the buildings “collapsing”. But look more carefully at them, the buildings are being turned to fine dust from the top down. Dude, what’s the biggie about demolitions? They do it everyday in Las Vegas, for heaven’s sake.”

For one thing, they never do a building as large as the WTC towers.

For another, what you are claiming to see is not was is on the videos. The buildings are not being turned into fine dust, they are being obscured as they fall into a cloud of dust made by drywall, concrete, etc.

Also, the explosives that would turn something the size of that WTC block into ‘fine powder’ would make enough noise to be heard in the heartland. None of the videos, nor does anyone in NYC say they heard sounds that loud. If you get a chance, go view a few building demolitions live. You might notice the explosives are pretty loud and sharp. They are nothing like the rumbling of the tower collapse.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:54:38 +0000

Inquiring Mind:

alien abductees: only personal accounts of their experience usually from hypnotic regression of “missing time”. I’m not aware of videos that aren’t hoaxes or too fuzzy to be taken seriously.

twin towers: yes there are videos, the very ones that show the buildings “collapsing”. But look more carefully at them, the buildings are being turned to fine dust from the top down. Dude, what’s the biggie about demolitions? They do it everyday in Las Vegas, for heaven’s sake.