Reply #54: This may be a disappointing or seemingly-cryptic answer but... [View All]

[Poll_Blind]

  Because there is so much seemingly-equal yet conflicting data (or differing interpretive inflections on data that agrees) I think it's poor form for me, personally, to actually believe any particular take. My government deliberately spreads disinformation and since most of the information in regards to 9/11 was in some way released by the Government, that data could be false. I can't tell how much, either. So, a while back I resolved to create some model for myself that would allow me to continue thinking critically, even in situations where I was certain some or most of my input was false.

  So I try never to collapse the wave form into a decision either way. I realize if I lock in to a particular thesis my brain will begin interpreting new data I receive to support that regardless of whether it logically does, or not. So I intentionally never settle on any theory beyond the presumed voracity of individual facts in relation to other facts. It's a little like being always on the edge of an intellectual sneeze, but I think it helps me keep all options open should new data arise.

  I am certainly not the strongest or smartest human being. But in such a fluid situation as America in 2006 I'm trying to train myself to be as adaptive as I may flex.

PB