Ok. I'll go against what I said and I'll play for a bit. Then I will conclude with a conspiracy of my own.
First lets examine the paper. I read parts of it and skimed others. The paper is well written, reviewed and published. It proves exactly what it says it proves. They say that they retrieved 4 samples of WTC dust and found thermitic material in all 4 samples. They showed data, tried to validate their samples as pure, and showed evidence of the thermitic material. They followed a standard research format. No where did they suggest the placement or use of such material. Terms like "thermite", "super thermite", and "nanotechnology" can sound really cool/scary to people who do not know those terms, other than Holywood hype. Just because the paper is published and peer reviewed, does not mean its any good.
You should read the book "The Mismeasure of Man" by Stephen Jay Gould. Summarizing the book, its full of turn-of-the-century science that revolved around the study of IQ and human intelect. It showed how common, peer reviewed, and published science was wrong and misenterpreted. Issues of race and sex are all over it but does point out scientist/researcher shortcomings in research techniques. Short story is be careful what YOU conclude from the work of others if your wish is to be deemed as credible.
Now about the purity of their sample. Firstly, the WTC did not fall on a clean environment so just by interaction of the surface it fell on, contaminates the sample. Well how did thermitic material get all over NYC? Have you ever herd of the incidiary devices that are propelled against the forces of gravity and exploded at some point during flight. Their called fireworks oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!! Did you know what makes the pretty white color in fireworks. Typicaly titanium is used but aluminum and magnesium are also used regularly. NYC has one the largest fire work displays in the world. Seriously, kick back and calculate the amount of fireworks that have been set off in NYC or surounding area where ash and unburned material could be blown around. The law of Conservation of mass says its stil there and the laws of gravity place it on the ground. Hell I bet I could find unburned thermitic material in any town that has had a firework display. Give me a break.
Ok so there you go. I threw you a bone since you wanted to play. Now the fun stuff.
My conspiracy is that people who spread conspiracies about 911 are terrorists using a horifc event to further divide americans and increase the level of distrust in the goverment and its values. Its good to analyze from all the angles but you can take your conspiracies and shove them striaght up your ass.
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j7 2012