Sure, why employ the scientific method when you can verify accuracy of technical claims based on party political allegiance?
Anyway, for anyone who finds themselves puzzled by a Truther claim, or simply wishes to be forearmed to refute those claims, I recommend reading the discussion threads on metabunk. For almost every Truther claim there is a detailed thread debunking it. The value is in the knowledgeable posters and the strict posting rules, which keep threads single-topic and forces people to properly define their claims. The debunkers also properly cite quotes and sources.
They also post links to some good references. The following is a document examining the argument for an controlled demolition by an actual controlled demolition expert: http://www.implosionworld.com/Article-WTC%20STUDY%208-06%20w%20clarif%20as%20of%209-8-06%20.pdf
"A Critical Analysis of the Collapse of WTC Towers 1, 2 & 7 From an Explosives and Conventional Demolition Industry Viewpoint" By Brent Blanchard, Senior Editor for ImplosionWorld.
For random humour, I also noted the explanation below for how the evidence of demolition charges acting on the structural steel was hidden:
Anyway, for anyone who finds themselves puzzled by a Truther claim, or simply wishes to be forearmed to refute those claims, I recommend reading the discussion threads on metabunk. For almost every Truther claim there is a detailed thread debunking it. The value is in the knowledgeable posters and the strict posting rules, which keep threads single-topic and forces people to properly define their claims. The debunkers also properly cite quotes and sources.
They also post links to some good references. The following is a document examining the argument for an controlled demolition by an actual controlled demolition expert: http://www.implosionworld.com/Article-WTC%20STUDY%208-06%20w%20clarif%20as%20of%209-8-06%20.pdf
"A Critical Analysis of the Collapse of WTC Towers 1, 2 & 7 From an Explosives and Conventional Demolition Industry Viewpoint" By Brent Blanchard, Senior Editor for ImplosionWorld.
For random humour, I also noted the explanation below for how the evidence of demolition charges acting on the structural steel was hidden:
Illuminati Guy: "get rid of all the steel as quickly as possible, and drop any suspicious bits off the side of the barge"
10,000 workers: "yes sir"
Illuminati Guy: "oh, and vacuum up all the dust so nobody can test it for explosive residue ever".
10,000 workers: "what? there's hundreds of tons of it"
Illuminati guy: "oh right, never mind. Hey NIST, when you investigate in two years, DO NOT TEST THE DUST!!! Okay?"
NIST: "why not, now I want to"
Illuminati guy: "because I'll kill your family if you test the dust".
NIST: "got it".
Illuminati guy: "Lowers and Meeker, that goes for you too"
Lowers and Meeker: "whatevs"
Illuminate guy: "and nobody else in the world test the dust either, okay?"
Rest of world: "..."
Illuminati Guy: "And NIST, in your report, make it look like the buildings collapsed by fire"
NIST: "didn't they?"
Illuminati Guy: "Of course they did, just make sure that's the only conclusion okay, or we will kill your family"
NIST: "got it, but what if someone else spots the omission? What if someone else analyzes the fires?
Illuminati Guy: "No problem. Hey, 10,000,000 scientists and engineers, DO NOT LOOK INTO THIS OR WE WILL DAMAGE YOUR CAREERS A BIT!!!"
10,000,000 scientists and engineers: "got it"
Illuminati Guy: "Except for you Richard Gage, but do it with stupid shit like cardboard boxes, and keep saying Pyroclastic Flow, and Nanothermite, so nobody takes you seriously."
Richard Gage: "Got it!"