vigilant wrote:
How does damage suddenly powder the building in an instant two hours later and hurl the small debris laterally with that much force?
(for clarity sake, I add "damage to a building")
nomo wrote:
Gravity. 110-story buildings hold a tremendous amount of energy. Unlike you, I don't need to imagine outside forces to see how those towers could crumble. Have you ever actually seen those towers?
Hmmm...The forces are not imagined. They are clear as a bell in the well documented pictures and video. That is "pulverization" and "lateral force"? Is it not? I don't see how gravity has any bearing at all. We are talking about a building, which is a stationary object. Gravity has no more effect on an object 10 stories off the ground than it does 100 stories off the ground. At what altitude does gravity suddenly become an explosive force? The buildings only became unstationary, and flew across other parts of the city, when they suddenly disassembled themselves into powder and hurled themselves laterally with much force. The plane wasn't even able to do that when it slammed into it. If it was the planes fault, the building would have flown to pieces and hurled itself several blocks on impact, but it didn't. Did it? Yes they were damaged, but still stationary. How did gravity suddenly pulverize a damaged stationary object into powder and hurl it laterally like that? Gravity can't do that. Can it? Can you explain?
I think this is a reasonable explanation of Newtons Law of Gravity. It says, "toward the ground" not "outward or laterally". It didn't disassemble the apple either.
http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect ... ngrav.html
The apple is accelerated, since its velocity changes from zero as it is hanging on the tree and moves toward the ground. Thus, by Newton's 2nd Law there must be a force that acts on the apple to cause this acceleration. Let's call this force "gravity", and the associated acceleration the "accleration due to gravity". Then imagine the apple tree is twice as high. Again, we expect the apple to be accelerated toward the ground, so this suggests that this force that we call gravity reaches to the top of the tallest apple tree.
vigilant wrote:
I have given you fairly specific answers for my conclusions.
nomo wrote:
No you haven't. You have merely framed your questions to fit your foregone conclusions. It's all conjecture and wishful thinking.
Forgone conclusion? Again, that is "pulverization" and "lateral force" isn't it? If not what is it? Well you finally cited one example of why you believe as you do. It was gravity. Gravity does not suddenly disassemble stationary buildings into powder and hurl them laterally for hundreds of feet, or yards, whether they are damaged or not. Most people know that. If it were possible, lots of things would suddenly disassemble themselves and hurl themselves laterally for hundreds of yards. They don't. Can you cite some examples?
I didn't frame my questions to fit my answers. I am citing specifics as to why I believe the way that I do, and asking you specifically why I am wrong, and you are mainly delivering one liners with no explanation. Detailing the way falling objects fall, and the influence that outward pressure, trajectory, and gravity have on them is not "conjecture" nor is it "wishful thinking". I think Newton makes this pretty clear. I believe Newton was correct on this. If you don't believe it drop something from the top of a building.
nomo wrote: to Hugh
Why should we adopt your complete misunderstanding of basic Newtonion physics in order to explain what happened?
And...you're serious? Newton? Remember Newtons apple? Where did it fall, due to "gravity", when it fell out of the tree? It fell "down". It didn't disassemble itself and hurl itself laterally several hundered feet, or yards, before it started downward. It wouldn't have had it been damaged, or 100 stories off of the ground. Apples are more fragile than damaged buildings. Why don't apples, or anything else for that matter, disassemble themselves when you carry them to the same altitude that these buildings flew apart at?
Drop an object, from the top of a 100 story building and watch what it does. It will fall almost straight down unless you give it a little push, then it will slowly drift a small distance from the building. We both know that nomo. Don't we?
nomo wrote:
Why can't you just accept that a lot of people have thought about the collapses long and hard, and they just don't see anything impossible with the buildings coming down because of impacts and fires, and yes, sheer fucking mass?
If the mass of a building had anything to do with the ability of gravity to suddenly shred it, and hurl it laterally with force, we would all be in a heap of trouble, and we wouldn't have many skyscrapers left.
nomo wrote: to Hugh
Why should we draw outrageous conclusions based on selective Internet photos and videos?
Selective? These are well known photos and they are legitimate. They might be stills taken from video. These photos and the videos speak for themselves. These are the best photos I have ever seen to demonstrate "exactly" what happened when the buildings collapsed. Obviously you disagree. Why? Do you have better photos to demonstrate what you believe?
nomo wrote: to Hugh
Why do you claim it's me who plays the ad hominems when you never ever, not even once, engage me on the arguments?
I guess we could start with this.
Why should we believe Mormons and theologians and other miscellaneous Internet folk
And I am engaging you. You are not taking me point by point. I am taking you point by point. The only point you brought to the table was gravity. I am waiting on your explanation of gravity and its explosive nature. I would agree that the bottom of the building is "holding energy" as you put it, but not much near the top where the building flew apart. Some, but not enough. If it were so, buildings all over the city would fly apart, at the slightest provocation, and they don't, even when they are damaged or on fire, unless they "explode", for some reason. I have told you what I believe the effects of gravity to be, and disassembling stationary objects, and hurling them laterally with force, due to their altitude and mass, isn't one of the characteristics of gravity. Is it?
nomo wrote:
Have you ever seen those buildings in person, Hugh? Have you?
I have. They were stationary buildings. I saw the aftermath too. I don't see any special circumstances that would allow gravity to disassemble them, damaged or not. Do you? Or is it that explosive nature of gravity on mass at certain altitudes thing again? If so, can you explain how that is so? Newton never said it.
nomo wrote: to Hugh
Why should we adopt your complete misunderstanding of basic Newtonion physics in order to explain what happened?
Will you explain to me how and why Newton believes that this is possible, since you obviously understand Newtons laws better than I do? Obviously you know something about Newtons laws that I don't.
The whole world is a stage...will somebody turn the lights on please?....I have to go bang my head against the wall for a while and assimilate....