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Re: 9/11 - Did the Towers Fall At Free-Fall Speeds? [W:912, 927]
psikeyhackr's recent post falls into the first category, "equal and opposite destruction."
What it says is that the force exerted by one body on another is matched by a reaction force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction which is exerted on the first body by the second. It can be extended to other quantities besides force via scaling or integration over time or distance. Based on that principle, which surely holds here, we can reason about the mechanics and infer what sort of destruction there might be. The twin fallacy of argument #1 is
- the unspoken assumption of equivalence between force/action and the destruction which would result from application of that force
- the failure to recognize that distribution of stress and associated strain is the cause of damage, which is derived from the internal force at any given point in the structure
To be continued.
BTW, I wrote this post before going to the link to copy the quote on N3. Regardless of the variations in wording when the law is quoted, I was 100% confident the notion of crush up/crush down wasn't in there anywhere. Makes you wonder why this argument is allowed to fly as often as it is.
psikeyhackr's recent post falls into the first category, "equal and opposite destruction."
When I go to the link above, I see:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Newton's 3rd Law of Motion went on vacation that day.
Newton's Third Law
If the top LEVEL of the stationary portion was crushed, then the bottom LEVEL of the falling portion had to be crushed.
I don't see the words "destruction" or "crush" in there anywhere.For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
What it says is that the force exerted by one body on another is matched by a reaction force equal in magnitude and opposite in direction which is exerted on the first body by the second. It can be extended to other quantities besides force via scaling or integration over time or distance. Based on that principle, which surely holds here, we can reason about the mechanics and infer what sort of destruction there might be. The twin fallacy of argument #1 is
- the unspoken assumption of equivalence between force/action and the destruction which would result from application of that force
- the failure to recognize that distribution of stress and associated strain is the cause of damage, which is derived from the internal force at any given point in the structure
To be continued.
BTW, I wrote this post before going to the link to copy the quote on N3. Regardless of the variations in wording when the law is quoted, I was 100% confident the notion of crush up/crush down wasn't in there anywhere. Makes you wonder why this argument is allowed to fly as often as it is.