| Runa216 said: Occam's razor. That is all. |
Unfortunately, I still think The Razor is misused.
William of Ockham used the principle (borrowed from Aistotle, who wrote "Nature operates in the shortest way possible.") to justify many conclusions, including the statement that "God's existence cannot be deduced by reason alone." (And no, I do not mean this as anything on your previous thread. This is the only conclusion I remember in full, that I could verify before posting)
As far as these Theories (the governments "theory" or these conspiricy "theories") I believe you mean Ockham's Razor in the context of "The principle gives precedence to simplicity; of two competing theories, the simplest explanation of an entity is to be preferred." In that case, nothing is simplier than the people who took credit for flying the planes into the buildings, caused them to collapse. For these two buildings alone.
As for the Pentagon and WTC7, the lines become very fuzzy. No plane hit WTC7, and there is no consensus of a Plane hitting the Pentagon. So, how can the principle be used here? In the Pentagon's case, I do not believe either explanation is "simplier" than the other. Now WTC7 is an interesting contradiction to the rest. The simplier explanation for WTC7 is that it was demolished.
Remember, the above says "the entity is to be preferred" William freely admitted that even if it was preferred, it could just as easily be incorrect.
A related rule, which can be used to slice open conspiracy theories, is Hanlon's Razor: ``Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity''.
