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Defintion:
This technique entices people to believe in something with no literal proof, the person believes this information is true because it is old tradition. This technique is used because most people believe that if they used to have this tradition or medicine back then and it worked it must be true.

Connection:
This website outlines the appeal to ancient wisdom and explains why we believe this wisdom is superior in comparison to our modern wisdom. It touches on an important point that we as humans believe the longer something has been around the more we believe it must be true.

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(Argument from Age, Wisdom of the Ancients, Appeal to Antiquity)

This fallacy is the misconception that ancient practices or beliefs are superior to modern ones (related to appeal to authority and appeal to tradition). Those that use this fallacy argue that the length of time that something has been practiced is a sign of its worthiness or truthfulness when more often it is a sign of wishful thinking, ingrained tradition, appeals to authority, and/or the perpetuation of anecdotes. Not every ancient practice is wise or valid (
This fallacy occurred in 2012 when many were predicting an apocalypse associated with the end of the Mayan Calendar (December 21, 2012). There is no reason to think that the end of their calendar was a mark of the end of the world, but those who fell for this fallacy were certain that the Mayans knew things that we didn't.

Examples:

Swami Patooty wrote, back in the 6th century, "To know oneself, is to one day self know." You don't find pearls like that today!

My Grammy told me that to be healthy I should have bacon and eggs every morning for breakfast.

It's right because the Maya/Chinese/Hebrews said it thousands of years ago!

Astrology is a very ancient practice, and it wouldn't have survived for so long if it didn't have truth to it.

Christianity is thousands of years old, so it must be true. (One could say the same thing about many other religions.)

The theory that witches and demons cause disease is far older than the germ theory of disease. Therefore, the theory about witches and demons must be true.

Sure I believe in God. People have believed in God for thousands of years so it seems clear that God must exist. After all, why else would the belief last so long?

Clubbing seals in Northern Europe and Canada is acceptable because hunters have done so for thousands of years.

Acupuncture has been practiced for thousands of years, so it must work!

trepanation, flat earthism, geocentricism, human sacrifice, etc.), and just because science has confirmed the efficacy of some ancient practices (like some herbal medicines), that does not validate all ancient practices (like blood-letting). In fact, this fallacy is often used when scientific evidence is lacking, often by those pushing alternative medicines or religious practices.

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Today's Logical Fallacy is... Appeal to Ancient Wisdom!

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(Argument from Age, Wisdom of the Ancients, Appeal to Antiquity) This fallacy is the misconception that ancient practices or beliefs are superior to modern ones (related to appeal to authority and appeal to tradition).

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Defintion:
This is a technique when a person uses more words then necessary when responding to questions. These unnecessary words often throw the person off of the topic. The easiest explanation of this would be a person who uses too many words when talking which are unnecessary in answering the question or to prove their point.

Connection:
The photo of the doctors light passing right through the dog is an accurate representation of this red flag because people can see right through you even though you are giving wordy responses. Just because you use a lot of words does not mean that you are directing the person away from the topic they can see right through this red flag.

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A fallacy is the application of an incorrect argument in reasoning that employs various methods to create (by accident or design) a misconception or presumption. Exploiting emotional triggers or social relationships, using sweeping generalizations, affirming the consequent or denying the antecedent: all to provide proof to a point are classic examples. Most of these fallacies are decipherable by the majority of us. "If people have high cholesterol, they have heart attacks. Fred has high cholesterol. Therefore Fred will have a heart attack."

One of my personal favorites, in terms of logical fallacies is Proof by Verbosity. This technique is commonly employed by pharmaceutical companies presenting studies on drugs. They present the medication to health care providers with an irrelevant conclusion: "Our Company has shown this drug to be safe" (your company may be wrong...). They then make use of affirming the consequent as demonstrated above. At that point, they unearth Proof by Verbosity. This awe-inspiring sum of facts and data that is so overwhelming and tedious; it most certainly makes interpretation difficult for anyone, especially for us running room to room to care for our beloved patients. Sifting through the vast quantity is impossible.

This rhetorical technique persuades by overwhelming those considering an argument with such volume that the argument sounds plausible. It is so laborious to unravel and review supporting facts that it simply goes unchallenged. Something to think about when deciding between taking a pill or making some non-verbose lifestyle changes...

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A fallacy is the application of an incorrect argument in reasoning that employs various methods to create (by accident or design) a misconception or presumption. Exploiting emotional triggers or social relationships, using sweeping generalizations, affirming the consequent or denying the antecedent: all to provide proof to a point are classic examples.

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Defintion:
A statement that is made by a person that is intended to mislead or redirect the person they are speaking to. This statement they make is generally not relevant to the topic of discussion, which often times misleads conversations.

Connection:

This video shows that a citizen is asking a question about garbage pickup/disposal and the candidate completely ignores the question and changes the subject to how he's happy people can openly ask questions but says it in such a way that people believe in him and begin to like him even though the questions wasn't even answered properly.

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This is the use of people who hold a position of power or authority. An example of this would be having a person in a white lab coat promote a tooth-paste on a commercial, people assume that person is a dentist and therefore think that the tooth-paste must be good. This lab coats gives off the appeal to authority affect, they wear the lab coat so people think that the product is doctor recommended.

Connection:

This photo is an example of an appeal to authority, they see a person in a lab coat with stethoscope and think they because they are wearing that they must be a real doctor and the product must be good. This is not a logical way of thinking but lots of people believe in it.

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This is when people believe that something will work because its all natural such as: essential oils, green tea. Some people believe that these things are the cure for everything just because it is deemed to be all natural. People often believe that because something is all natural that it is healthy for you.

Connection:

This image accurately represents what people think when they read "all natural" they believe that it can't be bad for them since their is no actual medicine in it. If you look at the bottom of the picture it represents the truth about all natural in an easy to understand way.

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REASON FOR BELIEF: Unexplained

I believe that the problem with the "unexplained" topic is that it is an extraordinary claim, in order to believe that the unknown figures in the background are "ghosts" I would need proof that proves these statements. This is included in the title "unexplained" they have not found any explanation to why or how these figures appear in these images or what these figures actually are.

In this video below, multiple images are shown with figures in the background of ordinary photos but they are not explained as to what these figures are or what they mean. When the image of the man on the rock was shown it appears their is a mysterious women/man in the background standing with a very skinny figure, the man in the video explained that many people gave input into what they thought this figure may be but no one truly knows. We all naturally give input on the unknown but no one has any real evidence to prove any of our statements.

I don't think that this source is credible because they don't give any supporting evidence when explaining these sightings. The lack of evidence on this topic makes me more skeptical if these images are made up and if in fact these figures were placed in the background to make people wonder.

In relation to biases with this topic I believe that people who have seen unexplained figures in the background of their photos are more likely to believe and try to justify. If you research this topic more in-depth you will see that people will try to explain the "unexplained" merely based of personal experiences but with no actual proof.

I believe that a strong alternative solution would be not to try and prove this theory with factual evidence but to allow people to put their input into what these sightings might mean. It will be nearly impossible to ever prove these sightings are real but we can give insight into the possibilities with little to no biases.

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5 Mysterious Photographs & The Unexplained Stories Behind Them

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Defintion:
This is a very common type of belief, we are often times satisfied not knowing why or how something happened. We don't question everything we do we just go with whatever seems right in the situation. If we don't know something we don't always care to find out the answer to that something.

Connection:
This video shows images of unexplained photos in popular tourist destinations and also talks about how these images often go unexplained and no one ever really knows what these photos mean.

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5 Mysterious Photographs & The Unexplained Stories Behind Them

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This is a reason for belief because we often times go with the answer that is the simplest for us to understand. We don't like to challenge ourselves when coming up for reasons behind certain things. Our brains just believe in things because we think they are simple.

Connection:

In the beginning of this TED talk he explains how simplicity works and how we use things such as a coffee cup in our everyday life and don't think much about why we use designated cups to drink coffee out of but we just do and we don't question why we just believe.

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George Whitesides: Toward a science of simplicity

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Simplicity: We know it when we see it -- but what is it, exactly? In this funny, philosophical talk, George Whitesides chisels out an answer.

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This happens when we look for connections between two or more things even when they are even connected at all. An example of this would be when we look at something we instantly try to connect it with something, or when we try remembering someones name, we think of something that reminds us of them this helps us not to forget.

Connection:
This imagine shows that people saw this cloud and related it to the shape of the bunny. This explains that people look for patterns in everything and try to connect them