Comment on Why were so many people believers in the conspiracy that 9/11 was an inside job

• TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it.

  I’m a scientist, so I do ‘write’ professionally, but its a very different kind of writing than I do here, and I would say that they are entirely seperate (excepting my discussion sections where I afford a bit more liberty to style, although I tend to be more focused on methods).

  I attribute my writing style to years of participating in forums and threaded discussion boards, starting in the early 90s. I try to use quotes from who I’m replying to, hyper links, bold and italics for emphasis, but to use a conversational/ editorial style. When I was coming up on the internet, I truly believed that the internet allowed for the democratization of ideas, in that, on the internet you have no appeal to authority on your credentials or name or background. The only weight you can provide is rhetoric and whatever evidence you can scuff up, and because of that, the best ideas should find their way to the top. Boy was I wrong, but I still believe in the virtue of good ideas, and that belief is part of my motivation for being involved in places like (formerly) reddit or (currently) lemmy.

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  • JustZ@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I would attribute not to all the writing you’ve done, but all the reading.

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a scientist, how did you feel at the time about the railroading of scientist Bruce Ivins for the Anthrax scare?

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