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But how else would they fall down? Aeryn Send a noteboard - 21/09/2011 07:42:27 PM
I went to an engineering/architecture school, so there was a lot of discussion in class of why/how they collapsed. It may seem strange or unexpected that it fell straight down, but really, how else would they fall? Why would you expect the building to fall sideways? The problem happened when the support struts melted and the top chunk of the building collapsed onto the floor below - collapsed straight down, as gravity would have it do. That floor couldn't hold, and also fell down.

The "explosions" would just be the noise (tremendous defeaning noise) of the buildling collapsing. Each floor, in fact, as it crashed onto the next one, one by one, would sound like an explosion. (Especially to a traumatized layperson. For what it's worth, the sound of the airplane approaching the building was just like the whistling of the bombs that I've seen in movies to me. The way the ground shook too. So if I didn't know any better, based on my eyewitness account, I might have said that the planes dropped bombs.)
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We really need to have Logic as a course in high schools. Tom - 20/09/2011 06:50:36 AM 1285 Views
Logic classes would be good in schools. Timthetrolloc - 20/09/2011 10:23:56 AM 835 Views
Ugh. Ghavrel - 20/09/2011 11:30:59 AM 864 Views
Re: Ugh. Timthetrolloc - 21/09/2011 12:03:31 AM 790 Views
Something tells me that no matter who answered your questions you wouldn't believe anyway. everynametaken - 21/09/2011 02:16:52 AM 793 Views
this is a controlled demolition Timthetrolloc - 21/09/2011 12:20:09 AM 905 Views
That is an incredibly stupid argument. Tom - 21/09/2011 01:12:38 AM 822 Views
I've seen controlled demolitions in person. They happen in the opposite order of the WTC collapses. Ghavrel - 21/09/2011 03:54:35 AM 838 Views
Asking questions is never wrong. ironclad - 20/09/2011 12:22:22 PM 743 Views
Re: Asking questions is never wrong. Timthetrolloc - 20/09/2011 11:57:04 PM 905 Views
Agreed Camilla - 20/09/2011 01:09:40 PM 780 Views
I've long advocated this for the reasons Tom states as well as others. Joel - 21/09/2011 06:49:28 AM 741 Views
I don't know if the Internet is degrading skills, or just giving stupid people a voice beetnemesis - 20/09/2011 02:33:24 PM 843 Views
There is compelling evidence that 9/11 was not what it seemed Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 03:06:58 PM 831 Views
No, there is not. Tom - 20/09/2011 03:19:43 PM 936 Views
Well, the circumstances were odd at least Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 03:26:40 PM 818 Views
As far as conspiracies go ... Nate - 20/09/2011 03:36:35 PM 887 Views
what would be the motive for the US doing something that stupid? random thoughts - 20/09/2011 04:40:31 PM 735 Views
I'm not sure you got my gist. Nate - 20/09/2011 04:46:28 PM 746 Views
I don't think there is any evidience that Bush wanted to attack Iraq before 9-11 random thoughts - 20/09/2011 05:21:09 PM 796 Views
Um. Well, sure, that would be true. If you ignored all the evidence. Nate - 20/09/2011 05:45:23 PM 856 Views
Well if you had argued that some Bush advisers wanted to attack Iraq I would have agreed random thoughts - 20/09/2011 06:35:07 PM 843 Views
But that's what I DID argue. Nate - 20/09/2011 06:47:17 PM 819 Views
sorry but you need to be more precise in your terms random thoughts - 21/09/2011 02:37:36 PM 824 Views
I've always seen them as separate. Nate - 21/09/2011 03:33:14 PM 683 Views
and that is why I decided to drop it random thoughts - 21/09/2011 04:07:02 PM 830 Views
Heh. Nate - 21/09/2011 04:15:34 PM 788 Views
And the explicit statement of a Bush Cabinet member. Joel - 21/09/2011 06:59:47 AM 893 Views
I'm still annoyed. Nate - 21/09/2011 01:58:38 PM 727 Views
I stopped responfding when suddenly realized I didn't want to be in a Bush Iraq war debate random thoughts - 21/09/2011 02:53:29 PM 723 Views
Admitting error is a sign of weakness; Don Draper said so. Joel - 21/09/2011 05:37:31 PM 757 Views
and I pointed that it was was just continuin gthe Clinton policy random thoughts - 21/09/2011 02:30:13 PM 789 Views
Even if that were true, it would still be flip flopping on a central Bush platform plank. Joel - 21/09/2011 05:45:10 PM 834 Views
In addition: Nate - 20/09/2011 05:57:33 PM 860 Views
sorry but that is nothing more than a simple statement of fact random thoughts - 20/09/2011 06:40:51 PM 868 Views
This is very frustrating. Nate - 20/09/2011 07:05:48 PM 816 Views
For the war on terror? Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 04:49:12 PM 848 Views
And what was the war on terror supposed to accomplish? random thoughts - 20/09/2011 05:12:11 PM 799 Views
That contradicts the evidence. Tom - 20/09/2011 06:15:48 PM 827 Views
Excuse me? Macharius - 20/09/2011 08:22:21 PM 859 Views
Huh? Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 08:57:14 PM 847 Views
the problem with any other theory is the make no sense random thoughts - 20/09/2011 04:36:02 PM 795 Views
Contemplate this.... Jeordam - 20/09/2011 04:27:52 PM 814 Views
You just did not go Star Trek on me Dark Knight - 20/09/2011 04:44:28 PM 807 Views
And how did you know... Jeordam - 20/09/2011 05:17:10 PM 908 Views
Re: And how did you know... Timthetrolloc - 21/09/2011 12:16:26 AM 899 Views
You should watch the pilot episode of the X-Files spin-off series The Lone Gunmen. TaskmasterJack - 20/09/2011 08:19:15 PM 840 Views
humans tend to be very bad at critical thinking random thoughts - 20/09/2011 04:58:43 PM 747 Views
Won't help Praziquantel - 20/09/2011 08:15:36 PM 822 Views
Make 'em all take debate. nossy - 20/09/2011 08:23:37 PM 791 Views
Would madam like a cane? Elaine - 20/09/2011 09:19:53 PM 907 Views
Maybe a walker with tennis balls on the bottom. *NM* TaskmasterJack - 20/09/2011 10:33:39 PM 378 Views
Do you think it would help? aerocontrols - 21/09/2011 12:09:42 AM 757 Views
Re: We really need to have Logic as a course in high schools. Timthetrolloc - 21/09/2011 12:10:08 AM 800 Views
Yeah, and the 100,000 pounds of sudden extra weight slammed into the towers at 400 mph...? Tom - 21/09/2011 01:05:18 AM 781 Views
Not actually the best example Isaac - 21/09/2011 01:56:03 AM 774 Views
what about the hole it cut into the frame of the building? random thoughts - 21/09/2011 03:23:07 AM 819 Views
Wouldn't make much difference Isaac - 21/09/2011 04:08:27 AM 795 Views
OK thanks *NM* random thoughts - 21/09/2011 02:55:52 PM 417 Views
The fireproofing was scraped off the steel by the crash, so the beams melted. Aeryn - 21/09/2011 07:35:08 PM 1000 Views
Re: Yeah, and the 100,000 pounds of sudden extra weight slammed into the towers at 400 mph...? Timthetrolloc - 21/09/2011 03:02:19 AM 842 Views
But how else would they fall down? Aeryn - 21/09/2011 07:42:27 PM 694 Views
You would force Euler on to the masses? Two Wongs - 21/09/2011 03:21:40 PM 863 Views
You could still argue. Vivien - 21/09/2011 04:06:51 PM 726 Views
I didn't mean to imply that it is no fun to argue with a like-minded person Two Wongs - 21/09/2011 04:15:47 PM 762 Views
Eh, nobody uses pure logic all of the time anyway. Vivien - 21/09/2011 10:43:51 PM 800 Views
Or they could just do more math. Cold, hard, beautiful math. Vivien - 21/09/2011 04:01:05 PM 735 Views
I love geometry proofs. Nate - 21/09/2011 04:10:57 PM 855 Views
Me too <3 proofs! *NM* LaSombra - 21/09/2011 07:55:38 PM 413 Views
For pure enjoyment, here's a non math version. Vivien - 21/09/2011 10:10:40 PM 759 Views
+1 *NM* Isaac - 21/09/2011 07:59:57 PM 329 Views
Now we are talking... Everyone can benefit from some basic Euclid. jh - 21/09/2011 08:32:17 PM 999 Views
Ha. Ha. Vivien - 21/09/2011 09:56:38 PM 797 Views
As a follower of Cthulhu, I strongly disagree. Tom - 21/09/2011 11:13:55 PM 966 Views
I really and truly appreciate your love of pure math for math's sake, but... Tom - 21/09/2011 11:10:03 PM 771 Views
Well, it requires a lot more science to really dispute things than HS can give someone Isaac - 21/09/2011 11:28:29 PM 765 Views
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