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You choose to believe what you are told because it makes the most "sense" to believe it....as in that's the most comfortable scenario to accept.
No it's called critical thinking.
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I simply say since we do not have much beyond countless retracted statements; that it would be arrogant to dismiss other possibilities.
Yes it would be arrogant to dismiss many plausible possibilities, but that is not the same as accepting every possibility. Again, it'c called critical thinking.
I wasn't necessarily talking about you, although, admittedly, I may have misinterpreted your smiley face. Sorry. All of a sudden, there are all these posts about freakin tin-foil hats. It's driving me crazy. I don't understand why it's happening after all these weeks of civility on here.
I really don't think anyone is trying to be mean spirited when they talk about tin-foil hats. At least I'm not. I was a scientist for many years and I kind of liked it when people referred to me as a propeller-head. Or in the UK, "boffin".
Eh, I'm not easily offended....we all have our opinions. One of my history profs from many years back had a plaque on his class door...I couldn't remember it word for word but it stuck with me, so I just googled it. It's by Saul Bellow.
"A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
I'm sure the interpretation depends on which side you're on, heheh.
This is a great thread with lots of intelligent, informative posts which include all sorts of theories. Lately some people are getting close to violating the TOS though. Personal attacks and even rudeness are against the TOS.
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I think it is logical to assume the plane went down but the families are looking for any thing giving them hope their loved ones could be alive, just like the poor parents in South Korea.
I say, whatever a person wants to believe, let them believe it until those beliefs are proven to be wrong.
I believe the Mayors of cities and the US terrorist task force are probably keeping this disappearance in mind.
There is another thread on here about possibilities of loss of Oxygen........never knew of the Helios tragedy. Reading about it opens a lot of doors......biggest piece of the puzzle missing in 370 is lack of communication and the fact that so much time had passed before it was reported and the remoteness of the area were the disappearance had occurred.
If eventually it is discovered that a lack of oxygen was the cause for the crash, a lot of talking heads in the media that have been cited as experts will have red faces. If never fails, some major incident happens and the media manages to find an endless line of experts who "know" what happened. Naturally, those who guessed even close will be paraded as geniuses and make the rounds.
For me the whole matter reminds me of Payne Stewart's ill-fated flight to Dallas in 1999. Flying in a Lear Jet that was suppose to fly to Dallas from Orlando, all communications with the crew were lost an hour after take off. The plane then flew another 1,400 miles eventually crashing in northern South Dakota. While the planes transponders were never turned off, like the Malaysian flight, Stewart's plane flew as high as 51,000 to 22,000. It was presumed by the accident investigation that the crew probably lost consciousness at some point above 30,000 feet.
Well, here we are into 299 pages, and the one thing that seems to dominate is the fact many posters have stated "the crash", or words to that effect.
What makes any of you think the plane crashed?
Do any of you have evidence that it crashed anywhere on the planet?
If those searching have no proof it crashed, how can a bunch of people on a forum know that it crashed?
Because there is no trace at all of this aircraft, most assume it crashed somewhere.
I for one have never believed it crashed any where on this planet.
Bob.
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