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In reply to the discussion: 9/11 Link To Saudi Arabia Is Topic Of 28 Redacted Pages In Government Report; Congressmen Push For R [View all]William Seger
(12,134 posts)... I noticed that if you stack up blocks until the top blocks tip over, the blocks below the tipping point will be kicked in the opposite direction. It wasn't until much later that I understood why, however.
And I already showed you this on the CS board, which demonstrates Dr. Bazant's "thesis":

When the columns along one side buckled, the top block began to tip over, with the columns on the opposite side acting as a pivot. As Bazant explained in the article that you apparently didn't read, the top block is actually trying to rotate around its center of mass, and the columns on the opposite side were unable to restrain the horizontal force that developed, so the top block has broken free of the structure and is falling straight down while continuing to rotate.
You can buttress your willful ignorance with willful blindness if you find that comforting, but if you then go out on the net yammering about "those versed in the laws of physics" and "bears no resemblance to what actually happened," you're just making yourself look foolish. Suit yourself.