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Made by: Chris Cardwell and Matt Beauparlant

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Post #2 Red Flag: Confirmation Bias (Video)

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Post #2 Red Flag: Confirmation Bias (Video)

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Definition:

The red flag confirmation bias is when one uses their pre-existing beliefs to collect or interpret information in way to confirm that belief. Example past experiences affecting future decisions.

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This video has to do with confirmation bias because it talks about how people still think the world is flat even after there is proof that it is not. This shows that people who believe the world is flat will find any or all information to prove their pre-existing point.

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New Scientist on Flat Earth's Confirmation Bias Problem

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Scientists have tested confirmation bias, concluding that beliefs are a major problem to overcome, even when faced with undeniable evidence, such as the moon hoax. This is especially true among deniers of flat earth who cling to beliefs such as the moon landings. Link to New Scientist article: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2146124-we-ignore-what-doesnt-fit-with-our-biases-even-if-it-costs-us/

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Post #3 Red Flag: Appeal to Authority (Video)

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Post #3 Red Flag: Appeal to Authority (Video)

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The red flag appeal to authority is using quotes or information from people of authority to prove your point instead of using real world evidence. Using a scientist or doctor to get a point across.

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This video is an example of appeal to authority because it reviews the topic of climate change and how people use information from the new and other sources about it being a huge factor in today’s world. Yet, this video exposes that because it shows that there is no real evidence because most of the worries addressed by scientists have yet to be proven.

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Climate Change is Unfalsifiable Woo-Woo Pseudoscience

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Karl Popper famously said, "A theory that explains everything explains nothing." So what do you make of the theory that catastrophic manmade CO2-driven "climate change" can account for harsher winters and lighter winters, more snow and less snow, droughts and floods, more hurricanes and less hurricanes, more rain and less rain, more malaria and less malaria, saltier seas and less salty seas, Antarctica ice melting and Antarctic ice gaining and dozens of other contradictions?

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Post #4 Red Flag: Ancient Wisdom (Photo)

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Post #4 Red Flag: Ancient Wisdom (Photo)

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The red flag ancient wisdom is the thought that treatments or beliefs must be right because they have been around a long time. Example Alternative medical therapy.

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This picture has to do with the red flag of ancient wisdom because the Mayan’s believed that the world was going to end in 2012 from a calendar that was made thousands of years ago. This is considered ancient wisdom because they used that very old calendar to predict future world events.

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Post #5 Red Flag: Suppressed by Authority/Conspiracy Theory (Video)

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Post #5 Red Flag: Suppressed by Authority/Conspiracy Theory (Video)

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The red flag of suppression by authority is when someone of power or a group with power limit or stop the production or teaching of something that could help civilization.

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This video is an example of suppression by authority because it shows that many scientists have found a cure for cancer but people are wondering why they have always been hidden, this also is a conspiracy thought up by most of the general population.

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there is cure for cancer since 1923 it was hidden from the public!

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😮 THERE IS CURE FOR CANCER SINCE 1923 – IT WAS HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC!

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The main cause of cancer has been detected decades ago (1923). Very few people around the world know about it, because the truth is hidden by the pharmaceutical and food industries. German scientist Otto Heinrich Warburg received Nobel Prize for find the root cause of cancer back in 1931.

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The red flag red herrings can be defined as using information that is irrelevant from the topic to help distract from the real information at hand.

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This video is a great example of a red herring because they use the question asked to go completely off topic and still people are happy even though their questions were not answered.

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Definition: Set of ideas that affect beliefs and decisions. Examples include political views, economic, policies, astrology and medicine.

Connection: This image demonstrates the ideology belief because the two animals represent the Democratic and Republican political parties. Political ideology will affect the way the individuals perceives their surroundings and the way they respond to pseudoscience.

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Definition: Trying to understand events we don’t understand. Individuals trying to make logical sense of events they can’t process. Example: People believing in the Loch Ness monster.

Connection: This image demonstrates the unexplained belief because it displays the Loch Ness Monster. The Loch Ness monster is the perfect example of the unexplained belief. People believe they have seen a large creature living in Loch Ness, Scotland. There has been no evidence to the existence of this creature but people still try to explain the unexplained.

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Definition: Emotions distract people from rational thought and influence our decisions/beliefs. Being close to something/someone can skew our judgement or rational thought.

Connection: This video demonstrates the emotional connection belief because it shows a connection between a robin and her lost son. This connect was made because she wanted to believe that her son was still around, her rational judgement was distorted because of her emotional connection.

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Are loved ones still with us after they die? Many believe they have been given signs that their relatives are still around and, in the spiritual community, robins are viewed as symbols of visits from the dead.

At the beginning of April a mum who lost her four-year-old son shared a heartbreaking video which she recorded at his grave.

Marie Robinson was visiting Jack's resting place on the third anniversary of his death and had asked him to "show Mummy a sign", after which a robin hopped on to her shoe, then landed on her hand.

She posted a clip of the robin coming to 'say hello' as she sobbed, asking: "Are you looking after him?" and said she took it as a sign Jack was still with her.

When we shared this story on the Daily Mirror Facebook page , we were inundated with similar stories from people who had lost those close to them, saying they too had seen robins and been comforted.

Below are 11 of those stories people shared with us. If you have had a similar experience, we'd love to hear from you. E-mail yourmirror@mirror.co.uk.

1. "I felt an immense sense of calm"

Stacey Woodhouse said: "The day after my Mum's funeral, my husband and I decided to still go on a weekend camping trip that had been arranged before her passing.

"A robin flew around us, landing in our picnic table. She then proceeded to hop into our awning and through into our camper van.

"She stayed there looking at us for a good few minutes while I chatted with her.

"I felt an immense sense of calm. My mum loved joining us for camping trips, even it was only for a few hours and a cuppa."

2. "She put her hand over her mouth and pointed"

Sylvia Rafter: "My Mam passed in June. I was driving home to get clothes when my neighbour was driving towards me.

"We both stopped and I broke down telling her about Mam. She put her hand over her mouth and pointed and there, on my car mirror, was perched a robin... even with the engine running."

3. "I feel so happy whenever I see one"

Sharon Sandford commented: "I have always believed robins to be a sign that a loved one is near. Never failed to see one at the cemetery when visiting my brother's resting place.

"My mum died last November and we buried her ashes next to my brother on what would have been his birthday.

"The biggest robin appeared and actually went into the grave. He then hopped over to my Dad and then me. I feel so happy whenever I see one."

4. "It was a lovely moment"

Ann Brady said: "There is a little robin who visited us when we were standing at my son's resting place as well.

"On one of the first occasions we visited and stood there. It hopped down in front of us looked at us. We still see it from time to time. It was a lovely moment!"

5. "I was sat in tears"

Susan Lennon shared her story, saying: "I lost my father and brother in 11 weeks. The spring after my father died, a robin appeared in my garden I was sat in tears about my dad and brother because of it.

"The robin landed on my bird table just looking at me. Just two weeks later I had cancer removed from my womb and the robin appeared the next day too."

6. "Please take care of me today"

Becky Fairclough said: "Every morning before work I hear a robin singing in a certain tree. I always smile, say: 'I know that you're there and please take care of me today.'

"I have also had a butterfly appear in the house for the past four winters, usually in December or January... I'd like to believe it's my mum watching over me."

7. "I believe in robins and white feathers"

Corrina Whelan commented: "The first time we visited my nana's resting place after she died, a robin appeared on her headstone.

"And for a long time after that a robin would appear on the wall outside the kitchen window every time my mother called to my house. I believe in robins and white feathers."

8. "It brings such a feeling of peace"

Andrea Helliwell said: "There is often a robin around my late first husband and baby daughter's grave. It brings with it such a feeling of peace.

"My Dad always said he would come back as a robin because everybody loved them. Each time a family member has died, I have seen a robin so now I make sure I feed the robins on my bird table."

9. Many other people felt the same way

Karon Carr said: "When my dad died in a hospice there was one outside his window and one comes back every year."

Diane Atherley said: "At my father's wake a robin walked into the hall were we were holding it in - just in front of me. I believe it was Dad saying 'I'm with you all.'"

Laney Head commented: "I see a robin every day when I am at my son's grave or walking past his park where he used to play. It is only since 29.12.2016. God bless."

Nicki Knotts said: "I don't believe in God and I never used to buy into the afterlife, but then my Grandma died and ever since I frequently have a robin in my garden. Usually at difficult times, so this I do believe."

10. It even comforts pet owners

Lyndsey McHugh: "We lost our two dogs within a short space of each other.

"When I'm thinking of them looking into the garden, two robins always appear and seems to fly around like playing. Brings great comfort."

11. People also see butterflies as 'signs'

Yvonne Boylan said: "My little brother came to me as a butterfly when he died and has done since that day.

"I see them everywhere and now I have them tattooed on me so he's with me for the rest of my life."

Robins are often seen in the spiritual community as a symbol that loved ones are still there.

The Spiritual Centre website explains: "This bird is a visitor and as such should be appreciated as a welcome visitor bringing gifts, it is for you to interpret the gifts it brings.

"Someone recently passed may be showing you that you are being watched, maybe just letting you know that they still love you."

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How robins 'proved' loved ones are still with their grieving family after death

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Are loved ones still with us after they die? Many believe they have been given signs that their relatives are still around and, in the spiritual community, robins are viewed as symbols of visits from the dead. At the beginning of April a mum who lost her four-year-old son shared a heartbreaking video which she recorded at his grave.