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August 6, 2006
"...It's Not Really Science"
This CNN story about academics questioning conventional wisdom concerning the events of September 11, 2001. Now, I consider these thinkers incredibly fringy (I think I just created a word), and I'm not posting to prove their case. Rather, I was struck by line in this story. Says one of the group's critics, "It's science, but it's politically motivated. It's science with an ax to grind, and therefore it's not really science." This seems to me to be an enormous double standard. I'd argue these conspiracy theorists are about as fringy as those scientists who provide "data" that global warming is a hoax, yet the latter are appropriate sufficiently that they're thought has been used as rationale for holding on yet a little longer before dubya's administration decides if climate change needs to be addressed at the federal level. So, if we're going to listen to fringe scientists bloviating about the lie that is global warming, why not listen to those who suggest we're not being told the truth about 9/11. Well, I think the answer is incredibly obvious--the climate change wackos are funded by industries likely to profit greatly from the status quo. If, somehow, 9/11 conspiracy theorists stood to profit from their thought, perhaps we'd hear a little more serious consideration of their arguments. These people are probably as full of it as the energy companies' "scientists", but it would be nice for the government to explicate a bit more the events of 9/11, particularly if it's dragged its feet on implementing much of the Commission's recommendations. Okay, enough double-standard-pointing.
Posted by mattalexander at August 6, 2006 6:10 PM
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