{"id":23156,"date":"2010-03-11T09:33:22","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T08:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/?p=23156\/"},"modified":"2017-01-21T05:38:59","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T05:38:59","slug":"911-cover-up-or-crazy-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniavisen.dk\/en\/911-cover-up-or-crazy-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/11: Cover up or crazy conspiracy?"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Trade Center 7 (WTC7) imploded seven hours after the 9\/11 attacks on New York City in 2001. This Wednesday in Copenhagen, nine years later, a crowd had turned up to watch Lecturer Niels Harrit and Professor Per Hedeg\u00e5rd debate its collapse. <\/p>\n

While Harrit argued that it must have been a deliberate controlled demolition that has been covered up, his opponent Hedeg\u00e5rd countered that this is an absurd conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThis is a mysterious, fantastic collapse. Nobody wants to touch it. That is why we never hear about it,\u00ab said Harrit, from the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n

He has evidence that the official explanation, that the collapse was a result of fire after the planes hit the twin towers, must be wrong.<\/p>\n

[Read also about Niels Harrit’s 2015 day in court where he presented new evidence on 9\/11 attacks here<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Secret man-made demolition<\/h2>\n

There are several suspicious features of the collapse, Harrit argued, including the velocity and symmetry with which the building falls. This makes the official explanation of a \u00bbfire-induced collapse\u00ab implausible.<\/p>\n

\u00bbWe need another hypothesis for this enigma,\u00ab Harrit said, showing a video of the 47-story building being swallowed up by the ground and replaced with a puff of smoke. <\/p>\n

\u00bbThis has never happened before to a burning building!\u00ab, he said. Instead he believes WTC7 was brought down by controlled demolition, a man-made explosion carried out by several dozen professionals. <\/p>\n

Truth hurts<\/h2>\n

The debate quickly became spirited, contentious and personal. Even members of the audience interrupted with shouts of disagreement and irritation.<\/p>\n

\u00bbThe truth hurts us, but the lie kills us,\u00ab Mr. Harrit said grandiosely.<\/p>\n

Debunking the alleged cover-up is a case of searching for truth and justice, according to Harrit. The US government\u2019s \u00bbfire-induced\u00ab explanation, given in a subsequent report, was an attempt to sweep something very squalid under the carpet.<\/p>\n

\u00bbIn her right hand Lady Justice holds a sword, in her left a scale, which could represent science. Justice is blind. Science is also blind. But science is not stupid,\u00ab he said, alluding to the Greek personification of the moral force of judicial systems.<\/p>\n

Science is not stupid, nor is it illogical<\/h2>\n

But all this is nonsense.<\/p>\n

At least according to Per Hedeg\u00e5rd from the physics department, the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. <\/p>\n

Maybe the US government report<\/a> was incomplete, but just because something cannot fly, does not automatically mean that it\u2019s a rock, he reckons.<\/p>\n

\u00bbNiels Harrit reaches a very drastic conclusion! In science we cannot prove anything to be absolutely true. We have to be careful and look at probabilities. I believe this theory has a very low probability of being correct. Where are all the whistle-blowers? How did they manage to cover it all up?\u00ab<\/p>\n

And the method behind the theory is unscientific, Hedeg\u00e5rd maintained.<\/p>\n

\u00bbYou should write your theory down and get it published in a scientific journal instead of going around giving presentations!\u00ab<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t know what to believe<\/h2>\n

At the end, a show of hands showed that many in the audience were in doubt as to exactly what they should believe. <\/p>\n

While some see the WTC7 as a fringe conspiracy theory that could find its place alongside theories like the Apollo moon landing, others think that there are questions that need answers.<\/p>\n

See a youtube video of the collapse here:<\/p>\n[video:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LD06SAf0p9A width:525 height:380 align:center]\n

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This Wednesday in Copenhagen, nine years later, a crowd had turned up to watch Lecturer Niels Harrit and Professor Per Hedeg\u00e5rd debate its collapse. <\/p>\n<p>While Harrit argued that it must have been a deliberate controlled demolition that has been covered up, his opponent Hedeg\u00e5rd countered that this is an absurd conspiracy theory.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis is a mysterious, fantastic collapse. Nobody wants to touch it. That is why we never hear about it,\u00ab said Harrit, from the Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen.<\/p>\n<p>He has evidence that the official explanation, that the collapse was a result of fire after the planes hit the twin towers, must be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>[<em>Read also about Niels Harrit’s 2015 day in court where he <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/new-evidence-911-attacks-copenhagen-court\" target=\"_blank\">presented new evidence on 9\/11 attacks here<\/a>.<\/em>]<\/p>\n<h2>Secret man-made demolition<\/h2>\n<p>There are several suspicious features of the collapse, Harrit argued, including the velocity and symmetry with which the building falls. This makes the official explanation of a \u00bbfire-induced collapse\u00ab implausible.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbWe need another hypothesis for this enigma,\u00ab Harrit said, showing a video of the 47-story building being swallowed up by the ground and replaced with a puff of smoke. <\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThis has never happened before to a burning building!\u00ab, he said. Instead he believes WTC7 was brought down by controlled demolition, a man-made explosion carried out by several dozen professionals. <\/p>\n<h2>Truth hurts<\/h2>\n<p>The debate quickly became spirited, contentious and personal. Even members of the audience interrupted with shouts of disagreement and irritation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbThe truth hurts us, but the lie kills us,\u00ab Mr. Harrit said grandiosely.<\/p>\n<p>Debunking the alleged cover-up is a case of searching for truth and justice, according to Harrit. The US government\u2019s \u00bbfire-induced\u00ab explanation, given in a subsequent report, was an attempt to sweep something very squalid under the carpet.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbIn her right hand Lady Justice holds a sword, in her left a scale, which could represent science. Justice is blind. Science is also blind. But science is not stupid,\u00ab he said, alluding to the Greek personification of the moral force of judicial systems.<\/p>\n<h2>Science is not stupid, nor is it illogical<\/h2>\n<p>But all this is nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>At least according to Per Hedeg\u00e5rd from the physics department, the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. <\/p>\n<p>Maybe the <a href=\"http:\/\/wtc.nist.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">US government report<\/a> was incomplete, but just because something cannot fly, does not automatically mean that it\u2019s a rock, he reckons.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbNiels Harrit reaches a very drastic conclusion! In science we cannot prove anything to be absolutely true. We have to be careful and look at probabilities. I believe this theory has a very low probability of being correct. Where are all the whistle-blowers? How did they manage to cover it all up?\u00ab<\/p>\n<p>And the method behind the theory is unscientific, Hedeg\u00e5rd maintained.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbYou should write your theory down and get it published in a scientific journal instead of going around giving presentations!\u00ab<\/p>\n<h2>Don\u2019t know what to believe<\/h2>\n<p>At the end, a show of hands showed that many in the audience were in doubt as to exactly what they should believe. <\/p>\n<p>While some see the WTC7 as a fringe conspiracy theory that could find its place alongside theories like the Apollo moon landing, others think that there are questions that need answers.<\/p>\n<p>See a youtube video of the collapse here:<\/p>\n[video:http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LD06SAf0p9A width:525 height:380 align:center]\n<p>universitypost@adm.ku.dk<\/p>\n<p><em>Do you have a good story? We would like to <a href=\"http:\/\/universitypost.dk\/article\/how-share-stories-university-post\" target=\"_blank\">hear from you<\/a>. 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