A friend of mine, who is highly educated (married with two kids, accomplished medical researcher), is absolutely convinced that September 11 was a huge conspiracy initiated by members of the US government. She has a detailed complex explanation for everything. She takes it deeply personally when I scoff at her, telling me I should read the evidence before forming an opinion. I see her as gullible and she sees me as ignorant. Is there an analysis available comprehensively somewhere addressing the conspiracy theorists to the satisfaction of the leading academics in the relevant areas (material engineering, aerodynamics, media relations, architecture etc)? How do you deal with people like this? [more inside]
posted on Mar 19, 2008 - 62 answers

9-11 Technology Filter: I have never been able to even get signal on my Blackberry 8200 (GSM) within 10 seconds of liftoff, so how were cell phone calls completed from hijacked planes on 9-11? Specifically, given the prevailing handset, carrier, and tower technologies present in the Boston, NY, and DC metro and intervening areas at the time, and given the flight paths and altitudes of the hijacked planes, how were passengers able to complete cellphone calls to loved ones? [more inside]
posted on Nov 30, 2007 - 20 answers

Was what we were told about Flight 93 a myth? [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2006 - 32 answers

Can anyone give me a link to Jon Stewart's opening monologue on the first Daily Show episode after September 11?
posted on Nov 12, 2005 - 7 answers

There was an article that came out in a well-known magazine a few years back about September 11. Help me find it. [more inside]
posted on Jun 27, 2005 - 9 answers

Where were you on 9/11? How did you find out what was happening and what do you remember about that day?
posted on Sep 11, 2004 - 66 answers