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I should probably explain that a bit more. In ancient Greece, lightning wasn't "unexplained". The explanation was that the gods caused this. "natural" means that something occurs by itself, without human intervention. "artificial" means human intent has a hand in it. If you hear something...

This sounds like a point on how the WTC design transfers wind loads that was mistakenly generalized to apply to the general stability of the building. Without evidence for this, i.e. what the engineer said and the context he said it in, I'm skeptical that this correctly characterizes what he...

there can be some overlap For example, Michael Moore's documentaries are scripted to convey a political message, but he takes great care that his facts are true, and documents it. I remember a movie of his that had an insane amount of source references on his website.

it's been mentioned in https://www.metabunk.org/threads/media-bias.11554/ already

I took that to refer to the sort of film used to take diapositives: the film stock in the camera is developed into a positive (clouds are white, sky is blue etc.), see-through (greek "dia"=through) picture, which is typically framed and projected. You could use that kind of film to copy a...

The only evidence that my instant tomato soup contains tomatoes is the declaration on the package that there's 20% tomato powder in it, an assertion that I am in no position to verify. Should I be skeptical?

I suggest availing yourself of the resources in https://www.metabunk.org/threads/media-bias.11554/ to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of what the "sides" do, who they are, and where CNN TV and CNN web fall on that spectrum, as well as discover which news sources are less partisan and more...

The water mains failed due to the WTC tower failures, putting the sprinkler system for the lower 20 floors out of commission, and keeping the tanks feeding the upper floor sprinklers from being replenished, as well as making it difficult for fire fighters to access water. Urgency may not be...

This is exactly what we would expect to see if the clouds did not move much.

Yes. Zeus throwing down lightning from the Olymp used to be a thing.

I thought "the liberal media" had already done a decent job at debunking, as exemplified by my quotes; I'd be surprised if an additional thread had much to add. It helped that @Z.W. Wolf had already posted on the conditions that make dropping multiple ballots legal, and on the imprecise nature...

Since the aircraft is moving between shots, the overlapping area has been photographed from different vantage points. That allows stereoscopy.

Thanks for the heads-up, here's the transcript. (Btw, your clip missed the follow-up question.) Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby Holds a Press Briefing MAY 10, 2022 Q: Thanks, John. Let's change the pace a little bit. Next week Congress is going to be holding the first hearing into...

In safe systems, catastrophes are typically the result of several small failures aligning, like the holes in slices of Swiss cheese. Analyses that identify multiple contributary causes are common e.g. in aviation accident investigations. If an aircraft crashes into a hillside, that's obviously...

High-powered military telescopic optics, large distance, shallow angle. Got it. Edit: the shallow angle "compresses" the distance in the direction the optics is looking (compresses depth) while preserving the perpendicular distances (preserves width). The rigs appear to be closer together in...

I expect there won't be any revelations, but enough "clues" to keep believers believing. The experts will explain about the intelligence threat posed by unknown devices and known devices with unknown operators impinging on military training and operations. Some members will push for funding...

From your source: The hearing will stream live starting at 7 a.m. PT on May 17. After the public portion airs, the subcommittee will hold a closed, classified briefing. Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security Ronald Moultrie and Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray...

You may have arrived at a mistaken impression of how science/Metabunk is supposed to work. 1) A phenomenon is observed. 2) An explanation for the phenomenon is hypothesized (and submitted to Metabunk as claim.) 3) Other possible explanations are speculated upon. 4) Evidence is sought, and...

Is there a reason for the distance between the rigs to have changed? (Apologies if this has been mentioned, I'm not caught up.)