Perhaps there was a carmera pointed right out the window and it was destroyed.

The point is, you need to line up about 20 "what ifs" to make this theory "something to think about" rather than going for the simplest explaination. It's human nature and ever since JFK was killed, Watergate and Roswell, we're always going to look at things this way. I guess it'd be a good episode for the XFiles.

From my perspective, this (and all other conspiracy theories out there) all come down to three things: truth, trust and belief.

Truth: I was not there. I did not witness it happen. Even if I did witness it, I would have had to be on the plane to see what happened there, on the ground to watch the impact or in the building watching the approach. Fortunately, I was not. I will never really know the complete truth from any of those perspectives because I was not there.

Trust: Because I was not there, I must take into account other sources of information about what happened. I have to listen to witnesses, read reports, view media. But I must gather this (potentially conflicting) information and form judgements. What do I trust? Does this make sense? Much of the blind faith that was formerly put into both governments and media has been replaced today by distrust. Just or unjust, trust needs to be earned and is easy to break.

Belief: Eventually, I will formulate my own personal understanding of what happened. This is as a result of filtering the data from the "trust" phase and connecting what I know to be "truth" from my own perspective. This result can and does change over time based on changes in the underlying facts. Because this is a unique process for each individual, one person's belief will be another's fantasy.

Excellent post.

Thanks!

I agree 100%.

True, but what about if the glass was really 1" thick polycarbonate?

Hmm. Hadn't considered that. I suppose it well could be. I'd still think that there'd be more significant fracturing of the concrete layer above the reinforcing bars.

But that's the kind of stuff I'm talking about. Personally, it offends me more to hear "don't talk about it because you'll offend the dead" than "hey, I don't see how it could have happened that way" followed by a "well, here's a possible explanation".

I heard that we have the cure for cancer but (insert current president's name) won't release it because the medical health system makes more money from treating cancer victims than it does curing them.

I heard that we have the cure for cancer but (insert current president's name) won't release it because the medical health system makes more money from treating cancer victims than it does curing them.



And I have invented a carburetor that will make your Humvee get 80 miles per gallon and cut pollution by 90% at the same time. I'd tell you how it works, but the Big Oil Companies (tm) have paid me a lot of money to keep it off the market.

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Security cameras also have horrible resolution and contrast. Because of the cheap lenses, the focal depth is shallow and some have wide angle lenes that further distort. A blurry focus plus fast moving object plus too high of a contrast setting can cause some weird effect that are magnafied when you have few lines of pixels.

Oh I like it! Kinda like the one where the government wanted us to beleive in UFO's so we'd pay less attention to their fleet of spy planes and test aircraft.

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Oh I like it! Kinda like the one where the government wanted us to beleive in UFO's so we'd pay less attention to their fleet of spy planes and test aircraft.

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