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This is also what I see as a possible explanation. Also, why would you get downvoted?

ashtonkem 5y ago
Because it’s a conspiracy theory without any evidence, and isn’t even plausible. They blew up their own port to distract from the explosives/fertilizer they were stealing? Hanlon’s razor applies here.
- addingnumbers 5y ago
  If you use Hanlon's Razor in criminal investigations, most criminals are going to walk. Most thieves don't hold equity or title to the structures they're stealing from. It's dubious to imply the people working in that warehouse have a greater interest in keeping the dock standing than in staying out of prison.
  - ashtonkem 5y ago
    I have no idea what point you’re trying to make.
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- DevKoala 5y ago
  Dude relax. Not everybody keeps up with every worldwide event. I didn’t realize there was an investigation and a conclusion with 100% confidence of what happened, thus denying this possibility. Just replying with a link saying “the investigation claims this is what happened, here is the link…” would have been enough.
  - ashtonkem 5y ago
    Pointing out why a theory is implausible and lacks evidence is a “dude relax” moment? What?
- salawat 5y ago
  Hanlon's razor is rusty, mangled, and doesn't cut for beans anymore. Put it away before you give yourself tetanus.
mjburgess 5y ago
I agree that this sort of "conspiracy theory" is a "hypothesis involving conspriacy" and not "paranoid magical thinking". ie., we are talking about something a small number of people could plausibly do for the sake of covering up known crimes. It doesn't involve god-like levels of planning, forthought, coordination -- and the "theory" expresses nothing implausible about local corruption. I dont think we should downvote contributions that merely suppose covering up known crimes, at this very minor scale. Rather, perhaps, downvotes are owed to the more paranoid "maybe the whole world is a lie" type.

Because it’s a conspiracy theory without any evidence, and isn’t even plausible. They blew up their own port to distract from the explosives/fertilizer they were stealing? Hanlon’s razor applies here.

addingnumbers 5y ago
If you use Hanlon's Razor in criminal investigations, most criminals are going to walk. Most thieves don't hold equity or title to the structures they're stealing from. It's dubious to imply the people working in that warehouse have a greater interest in keeping the dock standing than in staying out of prison.
- ashtonkem 5y ago
  I have no idea what point you’re trying to make.
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DevKoala 5y ago
Dude relax. Not everybody keeps up with every worldwide event. I didn’t realize there was an investigation and a conclusion with 100% confidence of what happened, thus denying this possibility. Just replying with a link saying “the investigation claims this is what happened, here is the link…” would have been enough.
- ashtonkem 5y ago
  Pointing out why a theory is implausible and lacks evidence is a “dude relax” moment? What?
salawat 5y ago
Hanlon's razor is rusty, mangled, and doesn't cut for beans anymore. Put it away before you give yourself tetanus.

mjburgess 5y ago

I agree that this sort of "conspiracy theory" is a "hypothesis involving conspriacy" and not "paranoid magical thinking". ie., we are talking about something a small number of people could plausibly do for the sake of covering up known crimes. It doesn't involve god-like levels of planning, forthought, coordination -- and the "theory" expresses nothing implausible about local corruption. I dont think we should downvote contributions that merely suppose covering up known crimes, at this very minor scale. Rather, perhaps, downvotes are owed to the more paranoid "maybe the whole world is a lie" type.