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The red flag Appeal to Authority is when someone claims something is true based on what a valid authority or "expert" said was true without any explanation or evidence.

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This add demonstrates Appeal to Authority because Michael Jordan claims that Rayovac batteries are the best without providing any actual evidence explaining how or why they are the best.

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The red flag Ancient Wisdom is any type of knowledge or practice originating from ancient beliefs that is not proven by modern day science.

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A common belief used to be that the Mayan calendars predicted things such as the end of the world on December 12 2012. Of course an apocalypses did not take place but this was believed because of the appeal to Ancient Wisdom.

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The red flag Confirmation Bias is the tendency to favour or believe information that proves your theory or argument.

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This gif demonstrates Confirmation Bias because Homer Simpson believes the bear patrol is working due to the fact that at first glance he doesn't see any bears.

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The red flag Red Herring is where an irrelevant topic is presented to divert the argument from the main issue.

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This video is an example of the red flag Red Herring because when the politicians are asked questions they respond with answers that have nothing to do with the question which in turn pleases the audience. Thus taking their attention away from the subject at hand.

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Post #6 Red Flag: Suppression by Authorities 

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Post #6 Red Flag: Suppression by Authorities 

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The red flag Suppression by Authorities is the idea that the government or large corporations suppress information from the public.

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Area 51 and its research has been suppressed by the government for many years. However this article talks about the findings of a former government emergency expert that was shown the inside of the base. He claims that Area 51 is in fact researching UFO's and extraterrestrials and that the government was suppressing it from the public.

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Paul Hellyer, a former Canadian Minister of Defencem, said an unnamed former Canadian Chief of Emergency Measures revealed the astonishing story just before his death from a neurological illness.

Mr Hellyer, 92, revealed the claim to a panel of the world's top UFO and alien investigators and experts.

Speaking at the " Hearing on ET Disclosure " in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, Mr Hellyer explained that if he wanted to know about the workings of an alien space craft he would "ask the current chief of emergency measures".

Mr Hellyer, who became a UFO expert after claiming to have seen proof of alien visitations while in office, said: "The reason I know is I interviewed the previous one, who is now deceased, and he went Langley and the CIA asked if he would like to see one of these crafts.

"They flew him to Area 51 and let him go inside one and observe it and make notes and this sort of thing."

Conspiracy theorists have insisted for years Area 51 is where evidence of alien visitations of Earth are secretly held away from public view, including the remains of the alleged 1947 Roswell flying saucer crash.

The top-secret military base in the Nevada desert, America, has intrigued and mystified UFO and alien chasers for years, particularly as the US Government only and reluctantly confirmed its existence in 2013.

Mr Hellyer added: "I guess, presumably, it was to be in better to cops with it if one crashed here and he was involved in trying to do something positive about it.

"But before he was allowed to go had to go he had to sign an oath of secrecy and not tell anyone, and during his life he didn't tell anyone including his wife, and an Air Force buddy phoned me and he was dying of Lou Gehrig's disease and at that point he felt he should tell someone.

"I phoned him and he gave me a full report of what he saw and the whole idea of the inside of the craft and this sort of thing, and the fact he had been in a brief and many things, but now he felt he could tell somebody and he thought that would be a good one to tell."

Mr Hellyer was Canadian Minister of Defence from 1963 to 1968 and was deputy prime minister in 1969, but outed himself as a UFO believer 11 years ago.

Last year he made headlines across the globe after claiming up to 80 different species of aliens were in communication with world leaders, but governments across the world were involved in a mass cover up.

He told a TV news interview that some of the aliens lived on one of Saturn's moons called Andromedia.

But sceptics claim he was deluded and to have debunked him because none of Saturn's 62 moons and satellites have this name.

Victor Viggiani, who chaired the hearing, said: "The more important and dramatic piece of evidence presented by Hellyer was a story he told about the day he was called to listen to some death bed confession.

"Paul did not provide dates for the events but he received a call from a man who said that the former head of emergency measures in Canada and that he has a story he wanted to get off his chest."

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GOVERNMENT CHIEF'S DEATH BED CONFESSION: 'I was shown inside alien UFO at Area 51'

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Paul Hellyer, a former Canadian Minister of Defencem, said an unnamed former Canadian Chief of Emergency Measures revealed the astonishing story just before his death from a neurological illness. Mr Hellyer, 92, revealed the claim to a panel of the world's top UFO and alien investigators and experts.

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Post #7 Reasons for Belief: Patternicity 

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Post #7 Reasons for Belief: Patternicity 

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The reason for belief Patternicity is the tendency to find patterns in blatantly simple or patternless objects.

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This picture shows the simple faucets of a sink however it can be seen as a face. This is Patternicity.

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Post #9 Reason for Belief: Perception and Observation

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Post #9 Reason for Belief: Perception and Observation

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The Reason for belief Perception and Observation is when ones observation and psychological beliefs change someones view on something and leads to alternate decision making.

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This video is an example of how someones Perception and Observation about an event can be altered over a period of time.

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Post #10 Critical thinking process question responses

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Post #10 Critical thinking process question responses

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Critical Thinking Step-by-Step Process  Assignment 1 by Ryan Lowe

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The reason for belief Unexplained is when something happens but there is no explanation as to why it happened.

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People who can see ghosts or spirits are an example of Unexplained. They believe they see them however there is no explanation as to why they can see them.