Michael Shermer - Why People Believe Weird Things 1/8

[speedproductions797]

Science is correct. Ufos could be real, however. NOT alien abductions, but maybe the sightings of paranormal craft (extraterrestrials perhaps).

[Simplemindedgenius]

As soon as he said he investigated for NBC I lost interest.....Goodbye.

[LonesomeTroubadour]

990 bucks for that piece of dowsing crap??? I almost spit my coffee at the monitor when I heard that. Hard to believe some people are that dirt stupid to believe that something like that would work.

[dragnet53]

I love skeptics they make me laugh. They want to prove to the whole world they are smart, but realistically they pick the most simplistic theory or idea because it doesn't hurt their thinking. :)

[un4g1v3n1]

@dragnet53 Most of these critics are nothing more than DIA. The only thing they are good at is disseminating lies. They lack the ability to use their brains, in conjunction with their INTUTION, because they are completely oblivious to such things.

But they sure do try to make everyone think they are smart now don't they. Go out of their way even!

[wisam1987]

wow. now you really gotta be an idiot to buy this B S. and ignor all the real facts that you are too lazy to search for by your self.

[sunfireThu]

Conspiracy theories on 9/11 are simply insulting ,especially to those families whose members got killed by the event. These people just seem to care only about their own unverifiable theories and don't give a damn about the impact on the victims' families. Pretty pathetic to say the least.

[Veganomante]

Why is it insulting again?

[dragnet53]

@sunfireThu

WTF are you smoking? Some of the families don't believe a bunch of cave dwelling arabs could do such a thing. Some don't believe the 9/11 thing. Even the 9/11 commission report was bogus. A lot of senators didn't like it as well.

[MultiTrollHunter]

@sunfireThu I in no way agree with any of the nutty conspiracy theories, but one thing that had always got me about 9/11 is how the buildings fell. I just find it hard to believe that a building would fall like that after a plane smashed into the side of it. Some things don't add up.

[Vomitonthecross]

@sunfireThu Good for you, it's nice to hear that not everybody on the internet is crazy. Thumbs up.

[benthejrporter]

@sunfireThu I've never understood why it's necessary to believe some fairy tale about a dead man with a laptop in Afghanistan hijacking the world's best defended airspace using 19 guys armed with with hardware tools, to show that you respect the memory of the 9/11 victims and the feelings of their loved ones. It's pretty shameful how Skeptics like you claim those victims as your own and weild them as a Human Shield of moral blackmail at "Conspiracy nuts" like me who want to expose this atrocity!

[Mr420woo]

@sunfireThu you do know there are family members of 9/11 victims that belive 9/11 was an inside job right?

[beautifulspam]

I wish I were 1/100th the public speaker that schermer is. Good on him.

[F4O4U4R4S]

So shermer says that 9/11 was not orchestrated by the Bush regime because it worked.

Well now thats scientific proof now isnt it?

The 9/11 investigation was built to fail, even the 9/11 commission admits that they were railroaded all the way through the investigation and received no cooperation from the administration

They didnt remove the people from the planes and gas them, they simply left the people on the planes and flew them into the buildings

[zazhaftw]

And you just prooved what?

[F4O4U4R4S]

zazhaftw

well, I can tell you what Shermer didnt prove scientifically!

Shermer gets a laugh for his "because it worked" comment but in reality this is not an acceptable answer!

Does that make sense to you?

[camino1ca]

There is no evidence to support claims that it was the Bush Administration. There is no way they would be able to keep such a large operation under wraps. Nixon couldn't even keep a 4 man operation secret scamming some paper. Besides the fact that the terrorist took credit for it people involved were tracked down. It doesn't make sense to believe something with so little evidence. The terrorist had more than enough reason to do it and didn't need any help.

[dragnet53]

@camino1ca

Yeah but here is one theory I believe in and that the Israelis had something to do with this. First search up five dancing israelis in a white van and they were caught on TV saying they were there to document the whole thing. Next also just remember that a awhile back Israelis spies were caught snooping around the white house.

[pandapalace11]

@camino1ca-my common sense tells me that the Bush Administration didn't plan 9-11, just from the fact that it worked.

[un4g1v3n1]

@camino1ca The goddamned morons like you plague our world. You give hope to the morons of the world who wish to appear more intelligent!

[beautifulspam]

I have a message for you from the trilateral commission. Stop playing with yourself. You'll go blind.

[Quint37]

that doesn't mean they blew up the buildings you fucking idiot

[F4O4U4R4S]

sunfireThu

You might want to look up the Jersey girls, they are the spouses of the some of the men that died in the towers and did their own investigation and found some major problems with the Government theory on 9/11. I guess according to you they are pathetic as well, right. Do some research!

One more thing, WTC7 fell in 6.5 seconds and anyone holding a physics degree knows this is a problem and you or Shermer obviously dont hold physics degrees like I do.

Regards

[Quint37]

ZOMG! 6.5 Seconds! Are You Shitting Me!? That proves it was a conspiracy! First of all, there was no reason to blow up WTC7. I know you'll say there was some government computers there or something, but it still doesn't make any sense. Second, a three year report has shown that a critical colum of the 13th floor failed causing the collapse. And in 2003, 3 independent engineers from University of Edinburgh found that the fires were enough to bring it down. Of course to you, they're all lying.

[F4O4U4R4S]

WTC7 fell in 6.5 seconds and of course the Law of Conservation of Momentum was broken that day with several other laws of physics. While I am not an engineer, I can tell you there are more than 3 independent engineers that dispute their claims that WTC7 was the first building in history to totally pancake due to fire, so who do we believe, but a 6.5 second fall period is entirely impossible according to physics. And can only be achieved with explosives/ incendiaries. You gotta love physics!

[Quint37]

NO, it is not against the Law of Conservation Momentum. No, it didn't fall in 6.5 seconds. No, it can't just be achieved with explosives. The collapse of WTC7 took a long time. internal parts of the building slowly broke apart before finally giving way like a house of cards. It broke apart very easily. If you looked at the report done by SCIENTISTS you would see that,but that's all part of the conspiracy. Before we continue if you choose to would you explain to me why WTC7 had to be blown up?

[F4O4U4R4S]

Yes , the Law of conservation of momentum was broken that day with several others. And im not going to get into a "yes, no" argument with you. I have studied physics my whole life and I know what im talking about. But I wouldnt want facts to get in the way of your dillusions!

[Quint37]

My dillusions? My dillusions! WTF is wrong with you. And you say you've studied physics your whole life. I call BULLSHIT. If that was true, then how come a large majority of PHYSICISTS believe fire brought down WTC7. Did the government pay all of them off? Maybe that's were all that Bailout money went. Also, you still haven't answerd my question, why was it necessary to blow up WTC7 in such a way it created such a large debate about what caused it? Why not just say the terrorist blew it up?

[adzug]

be cuz they did their own investigation doesnt make it true. not judgeing them as losers or good/bad, doesnt matter.

[SOAS007]

@F4O4U4R4S "One more thing, WTC7 fell in 6.5 seconds "

fact... no it did not.

[wreiad]

Glad to see the old youtube player again.

[barnacleboy62377]

thanks for posting this.  I enjoyed hearing Shermer speak as always.

[F4O4U4R4S]

the PNAC document easily shows that the neocons had something to do with 9/11

[ThePissedOffAtheist]

No, it was the underpants gnomes!

[compactdisk2]

Actually, no it doesn't. Could it show that they thought it might be worthwhile to ignore warnings in the hope that some small attack might give them the political leverage to do what they wanted? It might, but not necessarily. The problem with all conspiracy theorists is that they don't know how to look at evidence critically. They always think that the facts they have can ONLY fit their theory, when in reality, they generally also fit quite nicely into the main interpretation of events.