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Attack of the Truthers!

Explore the WTC7 demolition evidence and the startling claims of 9-11 Truther madness. Analyze the reasoning behind these theories.

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Over on the Point of Inquiry forum thread for discussion of the show with Jonathan Kay, 9-11 Truther madness has descended. I also got a ticked off email from a Truther just now. Having never really dealt with them before, they are not making a good first impression. If you want to see an example of the capacity of human reasoning to go off the rails check this out:

Actually I think WTC7 is so obviously a demolition that it is boring. The obvious give away is how the roof line came down so simultaneously and remained so straight all of the way across the building. How could damage from the “collapse” of WTC1 create such ideal behavior? How could fire do it? It’s ridiculous to think such random phenomenon could cause such a precise result. At least airliners smashing into skyscrapers is interesting. OH yeah jet fuel. Sometimes known ...

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