Why is the thermite 9-11 conspiracy theory so persistent in the face of all evidence?
Professor Says ‘Cutter Charges’ Brought Down WTC Buildings Evidence of Thermite Uncovered at World Trade Center By Christopher Bollyn PROVO, Utah—”In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act,” said the British writer George Orwell. Orwell’s words aptly describe the situation of Steven E. Jones, a soft-spoken professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) who has turned his attention to the unanswered questions of the Sept. 11 attacks. Provo, the home of BYU, is America’s most conservative city in the most Republican county. With more than 85 percent of the population supporting President George W. Bush, Provo seems an unlikely place for any “revolutionary act”—unless that act were simply telling the truth. On the picturesque campus of the private Mormon university, surrounded by snow-capped peaks, Jones teaches physics and carries out research in the fields of metal-catalyzed fusion, solar energy and archeometry, or the scientific study and analysis of artifacts
