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28th May 2016, 10:19 AM | #1 |
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Truther peer reviewed papers
A simple question........
When have they ever been used in the real world and who has benefitted from them? I would love to know, thanks |
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Silence speaks volumes......
Hey truthers! Bring forth your trusted and peer reviewed experts! Yankee451, FalseFlag, Malbec, Kyoon, bubba (Where is bubba, by the way?), Criteria, Micah Java? Someone? Anyone? |
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29th May 2016, 03:45 AM | #5 |
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There is no specific peer reviewed article.
"Truthers" like to mention peer reviewed articles about 911 as some form of evidence of the "inside job". As of yet I personally have not seen any evidence of an "inside job" and do not see these peer reviewed articles of any use at all. I would expect these article to improve on building control and benefit future building projects on a safety aspect. |
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What else is there?
"Debunkers" like to mention peer reviewed articles about 911 as some form of evidence of the "official story". Same thing. Apparently, you seem to think that, apart from establishing some information about some aspect of the knowable world, some people would "benefit" from such papers mentioned. I would like to see how. Agreed. However... ...did this, in fact, occur as a result of any peer reviewed papers? When have these paper ever been used in the real world and who has benefitted from them? If you cannot give an answer to your own question as regarding the good papers, how can you fairly expect truthers to answer the question with regard to their papers? It would be an ill-posed question - a question designed to fail. |
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The NIST reports are peer reviewed publications which support the commonly accepted narrative. They have been used as the basis for improvements in building safety codes, and everyone using or passing near to high-rise buildings benefits from them being built more robustly in terms of personal safety when in or near them.
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Probably true.
But the reports are not papers. Are there any "beneficial" papers? I am not doubting that papers can be / are "beneficial", since that is a matter of opinion. I merely want to get a feel for what Spanx would let pass as "beneficial". Dave, I am sure you get what I am after |
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No. I asked my own question, which you evaded ("truther-style", I am almost inclined to remark snarkily ):
I don't quite get what sort of answer you expect. To help me, can you illustrate this by giving a specific example of a paper that supports the commonly accepted narrative and who, specifically, has benefitted from it? And how, exactly? Thanks I hilighted the question marks for your benefit. Perhaps you missed them the first time around |
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Spanx, you have posted way too many intelligent posts here to play this dumb. You understand of course that I am not interested in an answer to my question as such (quite the contrary: I think it is a very silly and also unfair question; ill posed, without any constructive purpose; a bad question that would better remain unasked if it weren't for its twin). As I said:
I don't quite get what sort of answer you expect. To help me, can you illustrate this by giving a specific example of a paper that supports the commonly accepted narrative and who, specifically, has benefitted from it? And how, exactly? Thanks See, I hilighted a different part of my question. Perhaps you missed it the last two times around! The highlighted part provides the context for my question. The context is YOUR question, and what sort of answer you expect. Therefore, my question belongs in this thread, nowhere else. I would not open a thread with such a silly, vague and unfair question. All of this you no doubt already understood. I am disappointed that you play the evasive games Truthers usually do. |
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That's how it read to me and I agree with your other criticisms in this thread.
@Spanx - It feels to me like you were saying, 'These papers don't benefit anyone in the real world - can I get an amen?' and wanted a thread full of responses like Cosmic Yak's post number 2 and Crazy Chainsaw's latest one. The vagueness and loaded nature of the OP seem to discourage proper discussion. |
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Perhaps instead of letting you guess, and instead of asking gotcha-questions, Spanx should express straight and honestly what is point is - make a specific claim of some sort. If he has a point, of course.
If there is no point to this thread, then we can as well all abandon it now. |
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