David Chandler
1 min readSep 8, 2020

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"Conspiracy Theory" is a label applied to discourse that challenges assertions of the powerful or authority figures by people who don't want to bother evaluating the issues on the basis of facts and evidence.

The very first example you cite as a "Conspiracy Theory" is the destruction of the World Trade Center. You proceed to bundle this together with dozens of other theories (I didn't count) culminating with QAnon in order to make a case of guilt by association without ever dealing with the facts on the ground that have led so many scientists and engineers to take a stand, sometimes at the price of losing their jobs, and not letting go over nearly two decades.

If you want to step away from hand-waving evidence-averse argumentation and look at a specific case of mass murder that may have involved inconveniently powerful people, try taking a close look at my Medium series on Freefall, (https://medium.com/@davidchandler_61838/free-fall-131a94a1be7e) and my web site, http://911speakout.org.

--David Chandler, Coordinator, Scientists for 9/11 Truth

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David Chandler
David Chandler

Written by David Chandler

BS physics/MA education/MS math; retired from ~35 years teaching physics, math, & astronomy in high school and college.

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