Martin_3_1

Is it just me or does Simmons repeat herself a bit. I guess she is just trying her best to convince the reader, but she could stand to cut a few paragraphs out of this chapter.

Maybe it's just that I didn't need to be convinced. I feel the same way about facts. You can throw all the facts you want at somebody, but you have to be award that they are going to filter those facts through their own views of reality and may not take them in as you intended.

Look at conspiracy theorists. You can tell them all the facts in the world and they'll just find a way to fit those facts in with their beliefs. I'm particularly annoyed by the Loose Change people. They throw around all their questionable expert testimony about demolition and remote guided aircraft, yet refuse to listen to the even greater amount of expert testimony that refutes their beliefs. They aren't going to be convinced by mere facts. It would take a powerful story to convince them to turn away from their conspiracy theory, which is in itself a very powerful story. I mean, what's more powerful than the story of the United States government pulling off a fake terrorist attack on its own people, murdering thousands of innocent civilians, all for some oil profits?