Sorry if it came across as a personal attack. I agree that not all people over-reacted. However, the conspiracy theory sites seem to me to be a clear over-reaction. There have been independent articles about how needing to believe in those types of theories is part of the national psyche, possibly part of the grieving process, I don't know.

What I object to is the lack of logic used by many of the conspiracy theorists. They are by and large not qualified, they have not discovered physical evidence, and they have so many logical fallacies in their arguments that it is absurd. Use the example of the AIA member who put the light up. He is not a structural engineer. Neither is his cohort the reverend, or Jones (the physics professor). They don't have evidence, rather they find what they believe are inconsistencies and jump to a conclusion about what happened. They bury facts that don't fit their hypothesis. They are intellectually dishonest. There has been testing and investigation, but they don't like the answer. They have an agenda.

I think it is the responsibility of a population to subject these types of claims to critical examination, and if the theories are found lacking, to speak up. That is exactly what is happening with sites such as the two links I provided. Read the conspiracy theory, and read the rebuttals. Decide which side makes more sense. If a population can not distinguish between two opposing arguments of very different quality, then I guess we are all doomed. However, I believe that people will be able to see the contrast.

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