Undermines· moderateSEP-E007
Criticism: simultaneous column removal is the model's input, not its finding
- what the source states
- A participant's characterization of the method: "My idea of what they are doing to 'fail' the columns is this: They simply make all columns literally disappear. Then the building falls at free fall." And on the unaddressed evidence: "Hulsey failed to demonstrate that his best fit collapse progression model (Section 4.6) resulted in a debris distribution similar to Figure 1.7, and had large wall segements hitting Fiterman Hall and the Verizon Building."
- what we infer
- If near-simultaneous column failure is imposed rather than derived, the study demonstrates that its input produces the observed descent — not that the input occurred. This is the single strongest objection to SEP-C004 and the reason it is graded weakly supported.
- limitations
- Pseudonymous forum posts characterizing another team's method; the characterization has not been answered by the study's authors in a published document this case has obtained.