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In reply to the discussion: The Great Thermite Debate... [View all]William Seger
(11,294 posts)... but regardless, the more important point would be that we now know much more than Downey did at that time. Specifically we that both towers collapsed after the perimeter columns along one wall slowly bowed inward and then buckled completely inward rather suddenly. That is not behavior that can be explained by bombs, so it should come as no surprise that there is no concurrent high-explosive sound on any of the videos, and no high-explosive signature on any of the seismographs. I believe you are familiar with the appeal to authority fallacy and yet you offer it as an argument. And then this in the same post:
He never retracted that statement, and for you to pretend that he did is dishonest.
Here's what you claimed:
Dr. Romero did not change his opinion that a few charges in key places could have brought the towers down.
... and here's what the newpaper article says:
"Certainly the fire is what caused the building to fail," said Van Romero, a vice president at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
So it would appear that you are now claiming that, well, he never retracted his statement that explosives can bring down buildings. And they you try to accuse me or arguing dishonestly? You are a trip, "Ace."