Gage's Latest Sleight of Hand

It just goes to show how gullible the 9-11 Truthers are that Box Boy thinks he can get away with this crap.  In a recent appearance at Chico State University in California, Gage did his usual "let's see a show of hands" routine at the beginning and end of his performance.  Here are the results:

Show of hands results	Before	After
Believe fires brought down buildings:	34	2
Unsure:	55	17
Believe in explosive controlled demolition:	148	218
Number of people who attended presentation: 237

Now, note carefully that the 237 figure is mathematically correct; if you add up the two columns, each sums to 237.  But is it plausible that all 237 people sat there for the two-plus hours of a Richard Gage presentation?  Nobody decided to leave halfway through?

It's completely implausible, and if you think for a moment, how would you count the 218 at the end or even the 148 at the beginning who believed in controlled demolition?  Answer: You don't.  You count the people who believe in fires and who are unsure, subtract it from the total and the remainder are the CD believers.  And that's probably adequate at the beginning of the presentation.  But at the end?  Nope, it's pretty obvious that a lot of people who believe in the sane theory that fires brought down the buildings decided they were wasting their time and walked out.