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In reply to the discussion: The Man Who Tricked Chemtrails Conspiracy Theorists [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)122. Because yours are based on a misunderstanding of how structures are built
So why are your answers the correct ones?
Because yours rely on a misunderstanding of how the buildings are built, and are not considering how the forces would be transmitted through those materials. Your theory relies on a cascading failure to take a while to develop, and the materials, and more importantly the connections between them, could resist the forces for a while in order to create a tipping motion.
That isn't the case. One pillar failure puts a heavy load on the nearby pillars. In a normal situation they could take the load, but they're already under strain due to the heat. So they fail too. All of those failures causes a huge upward force on the pillars across from the failures - the building is trying to tip. That causes the pillars between those two to act as fulcrums instead of stationary objects. Which puts an enormous load on the connections in a direction they are not designed to handle. So they all fail. And what happens if the middle of a see-saw collapses? One end isn't catapulted upwards, both ends fall down.
That results in a failure much faster than you think will happen. Which means you don't have enough time to develop a significant lean in the areas above the failure, which means the building doesn't have time to fall to the side. Then that floor fails and thousands of tons land on the floor below, causing that floor to instantly fail. The process repeats all the way down, and you get the building falling more-or-less straight down.
You know full well that for any "evidence" you can produce (usually produced by some governmental agency, bureau, panel, committee or hired expert)
My "evidence" is produced by basic physics. You need a large lateral force to cause the building to tip so that it falls sideways. There isn't anything providing that force, and the structure itself can not fail in a way to produce it internally.
I can produce an equal number of documents refuting them
What you have not produced is the source of the large lateral force needed to tip the building over. All you have to do is explain where that force came from.
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That thread is outdated because we now know the starfish are being killed by Ebola.
yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#117
So because Harry Houdini wasn't really a spy that means Standard Oil wasn't really a conspiracy?
Electric Monk
Oct 2014
#21
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Atman
Oct 2014
#40
Because that's what it would take for it to be "MIC forced" or "pulling other strings"
jeff47
Oct 2014
#74
Oh man I somehow missed that one! Now I understand the reference to melting chicken wire.
yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#120
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yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#119
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Cheap_Trick
Oct 2014
#91
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NCTraveler
Oct 2014
#94
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zappaman
Oct 2014
#111
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yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#115
Also, nice Gish Gallop once your original statement was quickly proved false.
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#109
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jberryhill
Oct 2014
#134
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yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#135
Almost everything you said there is totally made up shit. Wow, you scare me. nt
Logical
Oct 2014
#57
We need a Conspiracy Theory Tax. You want your favorite theory investigated, pay up.
yellowcanine
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#118
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yellowcanine
Oct 2014
#138