simplyeric comments on The 5-Second Level - Less Wrong

111 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 07 May 2011 04:51AM

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Comment author: roland 08 May 2011 07:02:34PM 0 points [-]

For what it is worth, believing the WTC was loaded with explosives really is insane.

How did you arrive at this conclusion? Did you really think it through or is it just a knee-jerk reaction?

Comment author: WrongBot 11 May 2011 02:41:06AM 5 points [-]
  • The WTC being loaded with explosives is a much more complex explanation than the orthodox one - penalty.
  • The explosives theory involves a conspiracy - penalty.
  • The explosives theory can be and is used to score political points - penalty.
  • Explosive-theory advocates seem to prefer videos to text, which raises the time cost I have to pay to investigate it - penalty.
  • The explosives theory doesn't make any goddamn sense - huge penalty.
Comment author: simplyeric 12 May 2011 09:01:05PM 0 points [-]

A brief continuance on the derailment of the thread:

•The explosives theory involves a conspiracy - penalty.

The 9/11 attack undisputedly did involve a conspiracy.
The question here is, by whom? (a. just by foreign terrorists, b. an "inside job").

•The explosives theory can be and is used to score political points - penalty.

What does that have to do with anything? A reduction in unemployment can be used to score political points...that certainly doesn't make is unlikely

•The explosives theory doesn't make any goddamn sense - huge penalty.

This is subjective - penalty?

The biggest point is: the orthodox explanation of the collapse seems robust to me on its own merits. There are other questions.

Comment author: roland 12 June 2011 08:43:57PM 0 points [-]

I think your points are all valid but they were downvoted because they are against the group belief.