On 12/12/06, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote: [...]
That many people thinking there's something conspiratorial going on terrifies me, for one, but it is a real issue...
It really is a pity they didn't ask for details, even try to categorise it. There's the germ of a really interesting oral history project there, come to think of it; wonder if anyone's doing that? "Memories of 9/11" won't be in short supply, but contemporary theories might...
Like many interesting possible sociological questions, this one is apparently remaining unanswered. A followup poll to find out the details and characterize the "official story distrust" and so on would be an excellent project, which as far as I know nobody took on...
I'm sure someone out there in academia has studied the sociology of populace's belief in conspiracy theories, but it's not a topic I've found or studied personally.