This is a video call of AE911 discussing some problems they have with the NIST report. In particular, the one discussed here on this very website.
I am unaware if Mr. Szamboti is the author of this specific objection. I am not versed in engineering and so do not understand the technicalities of this issue. I, therefore, will not attempt to explain the problem, which is stated as
'NIST’s 16-Story ANSYS Model Ignored the Effect that Column 79’s Side Plate Would Have Had in Preventing the Walk-Off of Girder A2001, Thus Violating the OMB Guidelines and NIST IQS”
That is not the point of this thread, which is NIST's airy dismissal, and whether the rigorous debunkers here find that worthy of an investigation into events of such magnitude.
I direct readers to the highlighted paragraph at 18:20 of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcbIAJKV3Mk
To quote:
Source: https://www.metabunk.org/attachments/nist-response-2020-001-pdf.43235/
Here NIST simply says they disagree with the arguments presented, without any technical explanation of why. Just that all their schematics are correct, ergo no errors were made?
Whatever you think of the relative merits of the girder issue raised, this smacks of arrogance & intellectual laziness. Essentially saying that they don't think they made any errors & therefore don't see a reason to debunk them. That's a pretty shameful attitude to an obviously reasoned argument made in good faith. If anyone did that here, they would rightly be derided.
I am unaware if Mr. Szamboti is the author of this specific objection. I am not versed in engineering and so do not understand the technicalities of this issue. I, therefore, will not attempt to explain the problem, which is stated as
'NIST’s 16-Story ANSYS Model Ignored the Effect that Column 79’s Side Plate Would Have Had in Preventing the Walk-Off of Girder A2001, Thus Violating the OMB Guidelines and NIST IQS”
That is not the point of this thread, which is NIST's airy dismissal, and whether the rigorous debunkers here find that worthy of an investigation into events of such magnitude.
I direct readers to the highlighted paragraph at 18:20 of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcbIAJKV3Mk
To quote:
Here NIST simply says they disagree with the arguments presented, without any technical explanation of why. Just that all their schematics are correct, ergo no errors were made?
Whatever you think of the relative merits of the girder issue raised, this smacks of arrogance & intellectual laziness. Essentially saying that they don't think they made any errors & therefore don't see a reason to debunk them. That's a pretty shameful attitude to an obviously reasoned argument made in good faith. If anyone did that here, they would rightly be derided.
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