tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post8709917730543769503..comments2024-03-07T07:25:47.018-08:00Comments on Skeptophilia: It was the best of times...Gordon Bonnethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06003472005971594466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-72471310178890358352014-09-27T21:26:49.789-07:002014-09-27T21:26:49.789-07:00I believe what I see, not what I read or hear!
Th... I believe what I see, not what I read or hear! <br />There is some new razor wire around a former sac base in Blytheville Arkansas leaning inward not outward, there is a Russian base in Mississippi with signs that read 'deadly force authorized' and they said the fema camps were for disaster victims first, then they said they were for an influx of illegal aliens from Mexico yet they have been used for neither one, so YOU tell ME what they are for.quizzerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06778711658562402315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-31654908757437646482014-05-16T17:41:58.148-07:002014-05-16T17:41:58.148-07:00A passenger plane struck the Pentagon. Photographi...A passenger plane struck the Pentagon. Photographic evidence shows a single orifice in the side of the building. The official record states that, upon impact, the wings of the plane folded, allowing all of the plane to fit into the single orifice that was initiated by impact from the fuselage.<br />Take our common knowledge of: The modular/composite construction of a plane fuselage and wings; the heaviest part of the plane being it's engines; and the laws of mass/inertia; and explain why the engines did not create the largest destructive force upon the building.<br /><br />My hypothesis is that the engines should have left two craters in the side of the building and that the weight and density of the engines would have been immensely greater than the wings, such that the wings would have disintegrated before being capable of folding the engines backwards.<br /><br />Is that a cogent argument?<br /><br />I'm not actually looking for an answer to that question here (the proving/disproving of it isn't even possible anymore). It's merely prose.<br /><br />I in no way wish to diminish the excellent point you are making.... but sometimes a cigar isn't a cigar ...and sometimes, the makers of cigars go to great lengths to conceal the truth about the harmful effects of cigars.<br /><br />Climate change denial is a genuine conspiracy... just ask the coal industry. They'll be honest with you.<br /><br />Is anyone in a position of power genuinely honest, anymore?<br />I realize that's a rhetorical generalization, but I'm trying to get to the root of things. Disinformation is everywhere. Truth isn't in high demand (eg. politics).<br /><br />Conspiracy is actively benefitting a host of industries. If the coal industry agreed with the truth of climate change, it would lower their bottom line. Thus, intentional deception ensues.<br /><br />The guy with a "UFO chemtrail" website is collateral damage from a society with less interest in the truth. Most importantly, the lack of truth spans the power spectrum, top to bottom. It's the lack of truth toward the top that concerns me. "UFO chemtrail" guy? Harmless. The "Greenhouse gas emissions are fine, stop worrying" guy is the one that scares me.<br /><br />I believe that a lot of the religious fervor we see is conspiratorial. If you can get a person to believe in faith, they will be less grounded in truth and therefore easier to decieve or recruit to a false idea.<br /><br />Check the religious affiliation of the majority of climate change deniers. I think you'll see an obvious pattern.Hontseur Thotshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10799765178908406877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4307187040250193857.post-12269986360753349252014-05-16T06:03:16.967-07:002014-05-16T06:03:16.967-07:00It's a really sloppy conspiracy. If I were run...It's a really sloppy conspiracy. If I were running it, things would be different. To start with, I'd round up those loud-mouth celebrities and brainwash them back to the official version of the truth.Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.com