tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post3409592559133274492..comments2023-08-17T06:18:52.958-07:00Comments on Bilbo's Blog: Non-Truther Expert Calls Yellow Molten Metal "Thermitic" Bilbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-48971578100706579732013-12-31T09:23:32.830-08:002013-12-31T09:23:32.830-08:00I'm not really sure what your position is on h...I'm not really sure what your position is on how laypersons should navigate disagreements between experts. We have experts disagreeing on what the yellow molten metal is. To my mind, the best way to navigate this is by clear experiments or peer review. Why is that a problem for you? Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-44980201988411838292013-12-31T07:57:55.233-08:002013-12-31T07:57:55.233-08:00You: "But I've been lectured that I shoul...You: <b>"But I've been lectured that I should ask the experts, since of course they know, and of course they will tell me it is a mixture of aluminum and organic materials."</b><br /><br />Me: <b>"To avoid misunderstanding, I'll elaborate: my view is not that you should simply ask experts what the material was. Moreover, I've never said that you should ask because they will tell you it is a mixture of aluminum and organic materials, let alone that they will "of course" tell you this."</b><br /><br />You: <b>So which experts should I ask, JDB? ... If and when I have time, I will ask some experts about it, and about the corroded steel, and about the free fall time.</b><br /><br />This exchange casts doubt on whether a positive answer to my challenge is forthcoming. That challenge is: <b>"It would be interesting to see if you could actually accurately and sympathetically repeat in your own words my position on how laypersons should navigate expert disagreements, avoiding these kinds of distortions and misunderstandings."</b>JDBhttp://www.egalicontrarian.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-31283666897397320532013-12-29T13:02:36.083-08:002013-12-29T13:02:36.083-08:00So which experts should I ask, JDB? Mohr's me...So which experts should I ask, JDB? Mohr's metallurgists, who say it is aluminum, even though Mohr thinks it is lead? Eagar, who thinks it is the byproduct of a thermitic reaction of aluminum with something else? The experts at ae911truth, who think it is thermite? If and when I have time, I will ask some experts about it, and about the corroded steel, and about the free fall time. But wouldn't clear experiments or peer reviewed papers be a better source? Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-27298740852449421232013-12-29T09:44:49.819-08:002013-12-29T09:44:49.819-08:00"But I've been lectured that I should ask..."But I've been lectured that I should ask the experts, since of course they know, and of course they will tell me it is a mixture of aluminum and organic materials."<br /><br />I assume this line is a reference to me; yet I've never lectured you in this way, let alone for this reason.<br /><br />To avoid misunderstanding, I'll elaborate: my view is not that you should simply ask experts what the material was. Moreover, I've never said that you should ask because they will tell you it is a mixture of aluminum and organic materials, let alone that they will "of course" tell you this.<br /><br />It would be interesting to see if you could actually accurately and sympathetically repeat in your own words my position on how laypersons should navigate expert disagreements, avoiding these kinds of distortions and misunderstandings.JDBhttp://www.egalicontrarian.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-15137700559794273762013-12-22T17:37:23.472-08:002013-12-22T17:37:23.472-08:00Hi Anon,
I didn't take chem eng 101, but I k...Hi Anon, <br /><br />I didn't take chem eng 101, but I know the difference between a mixture of substances that are not reacting with each other - which is what NIST said happened, and a mixture of substances that <i>are</i> reacting with each other, in this case aluminum with some other substance, and producing a thermitic reaction. I know enough to know that you are just blowing smoke and hoping to obscure a very clear difference. Bilbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06231440026059820600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729465143554744766.post-40232057744462217942013-12-22T11:51:51.060-08:002013-12-22T11:51:51.060-08:00LOL...
melted aluminum mixing with stuff, that t...LOL... <br /><br />melted aluminum mixing with stuff, that this is the thermitic in nature Eagar was talking about. <br /><br />But then I am an engineer, and I did take chem eng 101, did you? lol<br /><br />A blog of woo, dumbed down for idiots, dolts, and insane people - aka 911 truth. Are you being silly on purpose, or does it come naturallyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com