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In reply to the discussion: What doesn't add-up for me [View all]cpwm17
(3,829 posts)68. You're missing his point
The top and bottom sections do have equal and opposite reactions. But that is not all that is going on. The lower section is also being struck by the increasing debris between the sections as they break apart. The debris is forced downward by gravity, which means the debris strikes the lower section much harder than the top section.
The debris does have equal and opposite reaction with the lower section also.
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since anti-truthers don't want to accept the possibility of CD then I expect this is another ...
wildbilln864
Dec 2011
#9
A faked explosion in one video and a poison-the-well inadequate comparison in the other
Bolo Boffin
Dec 2011
#10
It is. When the video came out originally, all the sound in it was mono but the explosion
Bolo Boffin
Mar 2013
#91
Yet we don't see any thermite burning through the outer structure of the building.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#87
That's exactly why the thermite nonsense was invented in the first place...
William Seger
Dec 2011
#40
"you wouldn't want the public to hear the explosives! Duh!" But according to 9/11 Truth
Bolo Boffin
Dec 2011
#44
From Bazant, a debris layer would quickly build up between the top and bottom sections.
Bolo Boffin
Dec 2011
#61
Bolo explained it just fine, and anyway, you're falling for a red herring
William Seger
Dec 2011
#65
And lots of people will try and explain what sort of locomotive the tornado sounded like.
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#85
Really? You think you could go back in time, and drop the equivalent mass of a WWII battleship from
AtheistCrusader
Mar 2013
#88