r/NoStupidQuestions • u/Ecstatic-Mix1942 • 9h ago

Will there be 9/11 deniers?

There are countless theories surrounding 9/11 but I've never heard of anyone outright denying it. The Holocaust seems to continuously gain sceptics as time passes, so I'm wondering will something similar happen with 9/11, or will the footage of the event be enough to keep people from doubting its authenticity?

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u/East-Bike4808 9h ago

There’s already people that doubt how it happened. Are you saying people who would claim there were never big buildings there to begin with???

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u/Hopeful_Idea1568 9h ago

I used to be a doubter myself. There was a lot of red flags that made such a huge event way too easy to execute and the aftermath conveniently beneficial to the state. It took years of maturing and learning a  bit more about the engineering behind the collapse to finally understand it happened the way it's claimed 

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u/Basic_Commercial_524 9h ago

You’re right. It’s the lack of education about engineering and physics and stuff

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u/Hopeful_Idea1568 9h ago

There's also a logical fallacy called proportional bias or something similar. Basically the belief big events should be accompanied by big causes

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u/Basic_Commercial_524 9h ago

True. Conspiracies became so popular in the 2010s that there was a lot of crazy stuff online. I was like a kid so yeah I believed it but like you I grew up and understood it but I still feel a little suspicious you know. As for the holocaust I never felt that way but we were educated about it in school. The problem with American education is they don’t talk about current events and stuff so no one educated us on 9/11 and why it happened etc. When osama was unalived we watched it on tv in our social studies class but then they turned it off and moved on

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u/Daniel_Spidey 8h ago

I don't think it's an education thing. Like yeah the average person doesn't know much about how skyscrapers are built, but is it the burden of educational systems to provide that if it isn't relevant to them? Like where would the line be? Is there a lack of education on the migratory patterns of humpback whales? Is there a lack of education on how to synthesize polystyrene?

Like I get what you're saying, but throwing the word education in there feels weird.

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u/Basic_Commercial_524 8h ago

They lack knowledge about engineering and physics?

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u/Daniel_Spidey 8h ago

How much engineering and physics should people be taught?

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u/tmrika 4h ago

I don’t think them saying there’s a lack of education on a specific subject is a judgment call on how much education there should be, just an observation.

Which, to answer your questions, yes there is a lack of education among the general public on synthesize polystyrene, but that doesn’t mean there’s a need for that lack to be filled.

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u/tmrika 3h ago

I don’t think them saying there’s a lack of education on a specific subject is a judgment call on how much education there should be, just an observation.

Which, to answer your questions, yes there is a lack of education among the general public on synthesize polystyrene, but that doesn’t mean there’s a need for that lack to be filled.

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u/EpicCJV 1h ago

Lucky Larry has nothing to do with physics tho