Essential reading for truthers - Cargo Cult Science.
Posted July 24th, 2008 by ironman77
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An essay by Famous scientist Richard Feynman,
"I think the educational and psychological studies I mentioned are examples of what I would like to call cargo cult science. In the South Seas there is a cargo cult of people. During the war they saw airplanes with lots of good materials, and they want the same thing to happen now. So they've arranged to make things like runways, to put fires along the sides of the runways, to make a wooden hut for a man to sit in, with two wooden pieces on his head to headphones and bars of bamboo sticking out like antennas -- he's the controller -- and they wait for the airplanes to land. They're doing everything right. The form is perfect. It looks exactly the way it looked before. But it doesn't work. No airplanes land. So I call these things cargo cult science, because they follow all the apparent precepts and forms of scientific investigation, but they're missing something essential, because the planes don't land.
Now it behooves me, of course, to tell you what they're missing. But it would be just about as difficult to explain to the South Sea islanders how they have to arrange things so that they get some wealth in their system. It is not something simple like telling them how to improve the shapes of the earphones. But there is one feature I notice that is generally missing in cargo cult science. That is the idea that we all hope you have learned in studying science in school -- we never say explicitly what this is, but just hope that you catch on by all the examples of scientific investigation. It is interesting, therefore, to bring it out now and speak of it explicitly. It's a kind of scientific integrity, a principle of scientific thought that corresponds to a kind of utter honesty -- a kind of leaning over backwards. For example, if you're doing an experiment, you should report everything that you think might make it invalid -- not only what you think is right about it: other causes that could possibly explain your results; and things you thought of that you've eliminated by some other experiment, and how they worked -- to make sure the other fellow can tell they have been eliminated.
Details that could throw doubt on your interpretation must be given, if you know them. You must do the best you can -- if you know anything at all wrong, or possibly wrong -- to explain it. If you make a theory, for example, and advertise it, or put it out, then you must also put down all the facts that disagree with it, as well as those that agree with it. There is also a more subtle problem. When you have put a lot of ideas together to make an elaborate theory, you want to make sure, when explaining what it fits, that those things it fits are not just the things that gave you the idea for the theory; but that the finished theory makes something else come out right, in addition.
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Funny...
But as I was reading this I was assuming that the dissertation was pointing at all of the holes and poor posits that the "theories" of the 9/11 Commission left un-addressed. I was seeing what he says as a "requirement of believability" that pertained, most assuredly and most poignantly, to the "official" theory of transpiration. In fact, I see this as pertaining much more to the official story as the holes in question are filled by the other theories to varying degrees. Either way, we need some freakin' answers to many unanswered enigma's.
**“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” ~ Mark Twain **
Who are these people?
www.ae911truth.org? Oh, yeah hundreds of architects and engineers for 9/11 truth. They couldn't possibly have any idea about the science of demolishing a building.
Did you see the 9/11 article from a peer reviewed scientific periodical?
How about the former NIST whistleblower SCIENTIST who is forefront for 9/11 truth?
What about the former Underwriters Laboratory SCIENTIST who is also questioning the official story?
Why don't you google it then get back to us, because, believe it or not this information isn't broadcast on FOX news.
I guess the laws of science, practiced by scientists isn't good enough for some people.
Good luck on making that coconut radio, gilligan.
and hundreds of thousands say the inside job story is nonsense
And refute the few paranoids
And millions
or billions believe there's an invisible man in the sky, watching everything they do. And he'll send those who earnestly researched and doubt his existence to a place of eternal torture.
Sorry, but a majority believing a lie doesn't make it true.
I don't know exactly what happened on 9/11, but I do know the official story is BS. The 9/11 questioners just want the truth. Why is that a bad thing?
I'm one of those Billions ......
And that is your opion!!!(you could search forever and you wounldn't believe it, if you found it anyway)
"Observe the masses,and do the opposite."
Wow, 2 guys named Iron man and they both agree
Coincidence?
Aku Soku Zan
No!,
"Observe the masses,and do the opposite."
Amen...
**“The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.” ~ Mark Twain **
This essay is moronic
just like anti-truthers. I dont trust anti-truthers.
Its the Truthers that made Ron Paul's campaign.... a Revolution.
Semper Fortis
I feel
Same way :) Those that blindly follow scare the H. E. double hockey sticks outta me.
The truthers made ron pauls campaign ?
Bullshit,
They are a fringe
STOP AND DECEASE ALL 9/11 thread posting today ASAP
STOP AND DECEASE ALL 9/11 thread posting today ASAP
Ron Paul is on the front page of digg for the next 24hrs. Trolls are trying to keep this topic bumped on the active forums list to marginalize us.
WARNING. DO NOT BUMP 9/11 today.
Are you saying this subject is bad for the freedom movement?
WAHOR!!
YOU worthless sack of air
When their are 5 topics about 9/11 up and a post about when people start disappearing up yes it makes the Daily paul seem fixiated.
WHY HAVENT YOU BUMPED DVD FOR DELEGATES????
WHY HAVENT YOU BUMPED THE URGENT ACTION NEEDED BAILOUT THREAD??????
THAT IS THE IMPORTANT STUFF RIGHT NOW "RIDDLE BOY"
Yes everyone needs to know the truth about 9/11 but right now their is more important things than your stupid flame wars. YOU WERE PROVED WRONG THE LIBERTY LOVE FORUMS About 9/11
NOW ALL YOU ARE DOING IS BEING A TROLL.
So ...
Are you saying that 9/11 is not important? One can infer this from your statements above.
WAHOR!!
So what's your point?
The overwhelming majority of avocates for 9/11 truth cite only the laws of physics, which cannot be repealed by a body of politicians.
Assuming that no laws of physics were violated ...
Are there any other possibilities for the collapse of the WTC other than controlled demolition?
WAHOR!!
There are many possibilities.
But only one real true answer.
And that's the one we want.
I have misjudged you BigT ...
consider my judgement changed.
WAHOR!!
tell you the truth
On June 10, 2008 Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who in the past has repeatedly called for a new 9/11 investigation, introduced 35 articles of impeachment against George W. Bush to the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Robert Wexler joined Dennis Kucinich as co-sponsor of this impeachent resolution.
The 35 impeachment articles included 2 articles questioning the events of 9/11, the others articles centered on false information released to the public to justify the war. The House of Representatives then voted 251 to 166 to refer the impeachment resolution to the Judiciary Committee.
A new independent 9/11 investigation has been called for by 4 presidential candidates for 2008 Cynthia MyKinney, former 6-term democratic Congresswoman from Georgia, candidate for the Green Party Ralph Nader (Green Party), candidate for President of the United States in five elections Ron Paul, veteran republican Congressman, Mike Gravel, former Democratic United States Senator from Alaska. Mr. Gravel just recently ended his presidential campaign.
Further politicians, who are demanding a new 9/11 investigation are:
Jesse Ventura, a former Governor of Minnesota
Cindy Sheehan, US-anti-war activist, challenging House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in the 2008 elections.
Senator Karen S. Johnson, elected member of the Arizona State Legislature
Paul Hellyer, former Minister of National Defense of Canada,
Libby Davies Canadian Member of Parliament
Michael Meacher, former Minister for the Environment in the cabinet of Tony Blair.
Tony Benn, former Minister of Technology and longest serving MP in the history of the Labour party
Andreas von Buelow, former Minister of Research and Technology in West Germany
Mrs. Heike Hänsel and Dr. Axel Troost, members of the german parliament, and several members of local and regional councils in Germany.
Giulietto Chiesa, an italian member of the EU Parliament.
Berit Ås, a former Member of Parliament in Norway
Mahathir bin Mohamad, former Prime Minister of Malysia from 1981 to 2003.
Yukihisa Fujita, member of Parliament for Democratic Party of Japan in January and April 2008 made lengthy statements at the House of Councillors, the national parliament of Japan, in his function as one of the directors of the Japanese Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee. He demanded further investigations and questions being answered, his lengthy presentations were broadcasted live nationwide on Japanese NHK television.The Democratic Party of Japan is the main opposition party and has a majority in the Upper House of Parliament and holds 36 % in the Lower House, the more powerful house.
Yukihisa Fujita is currently working to form an international coalition to demand an independent, international 9/11 investigation.
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this is not the same
As the wingnuts that say it was an inside job.
google press for truth
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why we are not allowed to have a new investigation into 9/11?
and google Kucinich demands a new investigation into 9/11
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bump for the truth
read the whole essay, I dare ya