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Replace censored by WTC 7 and World Trade center respectively.

by anticensor 7y ago

narrator 7y ago
I did the [censored] thing so as not to trigger cognitive dissonance in the mainstream narrative true believers.
- selimthegrim 7y ago
  I'm sure Popular Mechanics was hijacked by the deep state too.
  - narrator 7y ago
    Fun with argdown: <Popular mechanics does not publish incorrect analysis> (1) Only an idiot would read magazines that publish incorrect analysis. (2) I am not an idiot ---- (3) I do not read magazines that publish incorrect analysis. (4) I read popular mechanics ---- (5) popular mechanics does not publish incorrect analysis. That's what I'm talking about with regards to my original comment about triggering cognitive dissonance. By saying the mainstream narrative is wrong it's activating that syllogism in their mind and they feel personally attacked because if premise (5) is false then premise (2) may also be false. BTW, cognitive dissonance is a well know psychological phenomenon that is totally normal and observed widely throughout the population in many different studies.
joshuaissac 7y ago
Username checks out. While is perfectly fine to investigate the collapse of a building, especially as the findings may help us make buildings less prone to such collapse, in this case, the academic who led the research claims results that contradict the mainstream understanding of the event, but provides no real evidence. The publication date of the actual study has been repeatedly delayed (see the German Wikipedia page on the academic and the references there). That makes me sceptical to start with, but for now, I will put it down to bureaucracy. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and claiming a result from a study that they admit is still incomplete is irresponsible. The project website claims it will be over by September 2019,[1] so it should be available soon enough, unless it is one of the things that are affected by the STEM cuts. Though it should not be, because he said in his live stream talk that it is externally funded by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (a conspiracy theory organisation). 1. http://ine.uaf.edu/projects/wtc7/ http://ine.uaf.edu/projects/wtc7/

Replace censored by WTC 7 and World Trade center respectively.

narrator 7y ago

I did the [censored] thing so as not to trigger cognitive dissonance in the mainstream narrative true believers.

selimthegrim 7y ago
I'm sure Popular Mechanics was hijacked by the deep state too.
- narrator 7y ago
  Fun with argdown: <Popular mechanics does not publish incorrect analysis> (1) Only an idiot would read magazines that publish incorrect analysis. (2) I am not an idiot ---- (3) I do not read magazines that publish incorrect analysis. (4) I read popular mechanics ---- (5) popular mechanics does not publish incorrect analysis. That's what I'm talking about with regards to my original comment about triggering cognitive dissonance. By saying the mainstream narrative is wrong it's activating that syllogism in their mind and they feel personally attacked because if premise (5) is false then premise (2) may also be false. BTW, cognitive dissonance is a well know psychological phenomenon that is totally normal and observed widely throughout the population in many different studies.

joshuaissac 7y ago

Username checks out. While is perfectly fine to investigate the collapse of a building, especially as the findings may help us make buildings less prone to such collapse, in this case, the academic who led the research claims results that contradict the mainstream understanding of the event, but provides no real evidence. The publication date of the actual study has been repeatedly delayed (see the German Wikipedia page on the academic and the references there). That makes me sceptical to start with, but for now, I will put it down to bureaucracy. But extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and claiming a result from a study that they admit is still incomplete is irresponsible. The project website claims it will be over by September 2019,[1] so it should be available soon enough, unless it is one of the things that are affected by the STEM cuts. Though it should not be, because he said in his live stream talk that it is externally funded by Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (a conspiracy theory organisation). 1. http://ine.uaf.edu/projects/wtc7/ http://ine.uaf.edu/projects/wtc7/