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Conspiracy theories such as these make me think back to when i was 11-12 years old and i saw a site on the internet showing a glut of evidence purporting that the moon landings were faked (this is well prior to the infamous fox special) the evidence was in such bulk and seemed to use such clear logic i was convinced. About a year later i saw a different site written by a team of space specialists in different fields directly disputing the original moon landing conspiracy site. They systematically destroyed every point of controversy in the original site. And afterwards i felt so incredibly foolish that i had actually entertained the thought that perhaps the greatest achievement of mankind in all history was faked.
You then realise how easy it is to create a seemingly invincible argument by very selectively using information (such as the witnesses in the pentagon video.) And you realise how easy it is to lose sight of the massive evidence that convinced people in the first place, especially if you are already inclined to disbelieve. Some conspiracy theorists are in alot of ways LESS analytical of information, because they are always disinclined to believe any information they may recieve from certain outlets regardless of common sense. So it can go in both directions, complete belief and complete skepticism, both radicals are illogical, the logical person can analyze a case on its individual merits. And perhaps the greatest tool of logic of all is Ocam's razor, what is more probable:
A) The government was able to convince half a billion people that a jumbo jet had crashed into the nerve center of their country. Hundreds of people including the afore-mentioned airliner were magically erased from time and space. The world's largest and most active media/press corps were unable to sniff a hint of this. People who were there and saw the events didnt happen to note that a plane didnt in fact crash into the pentagon. Some guy in his basement pieced together all these carefully hidden facts when nobody else in the world could figure it out.
or the other option...
B) A plane did in fact crash into the Pentagon
Decide for yourselves...
But then again you had better not believe me, because i could be working for "them" :wink:
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But I havent seen anyone point out the rut in the lawn of the pentagon, or the impact marks on either side of the building, or anyone provide a non-photoshopped video of the plane hitting.