Quote from man:
i ask that again: does anyone know a good documentary
countering the conspiracy claims? reason why i would
prefer a documentary is that when i see people ("experts")
being interviewed i have a better chance to decide for
myself whether i think they are lunatics or serious
people. what i learned from the various websites is that
experts are said to be quoted out of context. so if a site
says: expert Y said something, i can believe it or not
but when the same person says something within an
interview i at least know that he at least said exactly
that. i am not an engineer and have no idea about
thermite or controlled demolition. when someone says
"no steel framed building ever collapsed to fire" then
this sounds as long convincing until a demolition expert
qualifies that by say "there are no steel framed buildings
like that, which ever burned, so we don't know what
brings them down or not". if you see what i mean ...
i saw some documentary of a serious, a little older
man, who seemed to be convincing. then i learned
he was a theologist by profession, which reduced his
credibility when it came to engineering ...
though i love conspiracies i am currently thinking
that the psychologic drama of all this finds a route to
clearing via conspiracy theories. and i am truly an
anti-republican by heart ...
Now you're beginning to see why the CTers here are so scorned. You are thinking logically in your analysis of both sides' points.
This is something the Cters don't do. They begin from a position of BELIEF first, and then fit evidence - by misqouting, ignoring countering evidence, and just outright horrible science that could be challenged by high school physics.
Have you noticed that in some of those youtube videos, the speaker says - 'this is the only way this could happen'? But when I watch it, I can think of workable alternetives on the spot. Does this happen to you as well?
Sorry, I have no videos to watch, because to tell the truth, putting in that much effort to counter lunatics' claims seems like a waste of time....
At any rate, I've found it better to read and think it through, it gives you a chance review at a pace that allows you to ponder and sbsorb both sides' arguements, and not miss any points. As far as judging whether or not they're serious, do like you said about the theologist, discount his opinion. You'll find that most of the papers supporting the conventional explanation have been written by people with qualifications in the area that they're writing about - engineers writing about engineering, and demolition experts writing about demolition. I don't think that the same can be said of the CTers - they'll have physics professors writing about engineering, etc.
Perhaps that's the reason CTers use youtube and Google videos, it's a good way to overwhelm the logical, thinking part of the brain, and is a good way to evoke an emotional response from a group of people that are already primed to believe that Bush and the Zionist Bankers, etc, are pure evil....
Maybe you can find a link to a video, I have no idea. And remember, videos can be edited too....