Scientists and Truthers

[Wildy]

Looks like it.

Are there any peer reviewed philosophy journals?

 

[Crazy Chainsaw]

Still got shouted down for it though. There were cries of "he's fabricating evidence" or "he doesn't have evidence so he has to make it up".

Then again these are people who couldn't understand Crazy Chainsaw's toner argument.



On another note, if "Steven" was spelled "Stephen" then I would feel sorry for the Director of Academic and Student Services at my uni...

Wildy it is not that they can not understand the toner argument it is that they do not want to accept the argument as valid because it opposes their belief systems, they want the government to be evil and guilty because they are frightened of the alternative.

They feel they have power to change the government, and to enlighten people, however they have no power over Islamic extremism, and can not change, or affect it.

They have deep physiological issues that is a fact they are nuts.

 

[Billdave2]

Well Max is right about one thing (words I never thought I would say). Science is not the best tool for solving all problems, and 9/11 CT is one of them. Science is not the way to solve crazy, made up, fantasy land type stuff like leprachans, unicorns and 9/11 CT. After all science can not disprove any of these things completely. I mean I defy you to show me scientific proof that things in my imagination do not exist (hint: you can't prove a negative).

 

[T.A.M.]

Really? I saw Wildy's discussion at FCN and thought he'd underestimated the numbers of scientists... I would have said 99.9%.

By "scientists" I was thinking of just civil and structural engineers, and physicists. These are people who understand the mechanism of collapse, and the laws of physics, and who wouldn't fall for "hushaboom explosives" theories.

10% of scientists who are MIHOP, TAM? That's over twice as many MIHOPpers in general as the twoofer's own Zogby poll indicates.

Look at the number of scientists who've published or worked on papers supporting the official story. And then look at the number of scientists who've published anything supporting MIHOP - I can think of one, if you can call an ex-professor, Steven Jones, a scientist.

Orphia:

Yah, perhaps I wasn't clear. I think if you account for the silent majority, and put them in the "accepting of the official story category", then his estimate of 99% is too low (as you have said, more like 99.999%).

No, I think 10-20% of scientists and engineers would have some degree of not accepting all of the official story. I would put down as MIHOP about 1-3% (about half of the value for the general population at 4.6%).

I hope that clarifies...

TAM