So a review on Judy Wood:
a) She claims she was in a coma for a really long time (6 years!)
http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=495285
b) She's an assistant professor, not a full professor:
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/me/mefaculty/Wood.html
But this doesn't matter at all to the 9/11 "scholars":
http://www.scholarsfor911truth.org/WhoAreWe.html
c) Her research has nothing to do with structural engineering.
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/me/mefaculty/pdfs/Wood1.pdf
d) She has a very poor grasp of basic kinematics.
http://janedoe0911.tripod.com/BilliardBalls.html
Being an assistant professor isn't that big of a deal, but I did a spreadsheet of the "scholars" for a blog post and found that many weren't even that. There were several "adjunct" professors, which essentially means part time lecturers without a teaching position. Many are "professor emeritus" which means retired, (Fetzer, David Ray Griffin, Morgan Reynolds are some examples). One of the full members is a lab manager at BYU. Most don't list their teaching positions on the website, but if I had to guess, less than 1/2 half actually have tenured academic positions, and even then it is usually in something like philosophy or linguistics.
It wouldn't bother me so much if Jones is a physicist and Woods is a Mechanical Engineer, except there is absolutely nobody else in their organization with even even the remotest qualifications. They rant on about any topic, no matter how insane, and the rest just cheer "Excellent, excellent!"
Did you see Wood's ratings by her students? Vicious. 1.7 out of 4.
Judy Wood's Scorecard
No. of Ratings: 13
Average Easiness: 2.2
Average Helpfulness: 1.9
Average Clarity: 1.4
Hotness Total: 0
Overall Quality: 1.7
Hard to understand at times, and is kinda boring. Definetely get the hw solutions to follow so you can become professient and make sure your doing it right. Hw assignments are a pain in the ass. Due every class, and graded on correctness (get the solutions!). Tests aren't too bad though and grading is reasonable.
Does not need to be teaching.
She is an odd lady, to say the least. She is very good at what she does, but she can't always explain it well enough for students to understand. SHE TAKES FOR EVER TO GIVE EXAMS BACK!!!!! It took here 3 weeks to give an exam back once.
Like others said, she had good intentions and when she wasn't trying to convince us Bush blew up the WTC she was actually nice, but she wasn't a great teacher. Too many times she starts examples and doesn't finish them. And yes, she was in a coma for 6 years. How crazy is that.
She woke up from a coma and decided her calling was to become a professor. She did not really seem to know the material, and she was hopeless at trying to convey it to the student. She fails to be able to complete a thought if not a sentance. If it is possible at all, aviod her.
) is CTers "think" differently, connect the dots differently, as you suggest, and that's the foundation for belief in CTs. While it often takes a political bent, I don't think it starts with a certain political bent.
