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Post 13: Reasons for Belief - Patternicity

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Post 13: Reasons for Belief - Patternicity

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Definition: Patternicity can be explained by the events that occur to present a pattern within studies or observations. Patterns can help increase belief in a concept if it keeps reoccurring or creates a similar result the next time around.

Connection: Groundhog day is a day that is celebrated yearly where the groundhog will either stay in his hole to prove for a longer winter, or if he comes outside the hole to claim that we will have an early spring. This concept must have Skepticism applied to it due to the fact that the groundhog doesn't always produce accurate results.

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Post 12: Reasons for Belief - Unexplained

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Post 12: Reasons for Belief - Unexplained

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Definition: The Unexplained is a vast concept that can describe basically any occurrence or event that is unexplainable by science or human experimentation. This can sway people to believe that with no evidence to prove or disprove the concept it then becomes the unexplainable.

Connection: UFO's have always been a main part of the unexplainable, as the evidence we have collected over the years can neither prove or disprove and sightings. This image shows what a UFO may look like, but there are so many different opinions and ideas on the concept that no one can quite explain it. When viewing UFO's I believe I have to apply Skepticism to what I see and judge based on that perspective.

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Post 11: Reasons for Belief - Emotional connection

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Post 11: Reasons for Belief - Emotional connection

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Definition: To encourage someone's reason for belief, they may relate that thought with a specific moral or standpoint you may have on something. This emotionally attaches someone to the belief of whatever concept it may be.

Connection: When somebody has a passing in the family, they may take the death very harshly and start to emotionally connect with the idea that the person who passed may still be around in the afterlife. I believe that I can Recognize Bias from an outside perspective, but if I were in the persons shoes of who passed, I may feel different.

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Post 10: Reasons for Belief - Perception and observation

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Post 10: Reasons for Belief - Perception and observation

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Definition: When someone observes an object or an image, depending on the perspective that has been chosen, it may appear to look different than to someone who may have a different perspective than you.

Connection: When I look at this image it looks like it is moving, but if you look at it from a specific angle it stops moving. This is due to the perspective and observation that it gives.

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Definition: All natural appeals to those who believe in natural healing agents and natural remedies to resolve modern day medical issues. Some people will switch to all natural products due to the distorted view of the truth that the advertisers preach.

Connection: I have always found the Burt's Bees lip balm to be ridiculously expensive for just a small stick. This is a way that advertisers can use All Natural products to their marketing advantage.

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Definition: Proof by verbosity is demonstrated when someone is trying to make a concept more believable by using lots of words and different ideas to not necessarily prove the point, but to distract the reader or viewer.

Connection: My connection is to Donald Trump, who tends to use a great amount of words to explain his actions, but doesn't quite meet everyone's expectations through his words at times. He uses big sentences and impactful words to distract the audience from other things.

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Definition: Red herring can be used to distract readers and viewers by grabbing their attention with ways that they know will produce thoughts that help them believe a concept.

Connection: I found that my connection could demonstrate exactly what a red herrings intention is. The advertisement for red bull claims that it gives you wings, but what it doesn't tell you is the major health issues it may cause. This shows how a concept can distract from another concept just by relating to a main idea.

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Definition: The usage of ancient wisdom to convince people that information can be flawed in order to benefit the state of the concept. This is normally used to describe events that happened many years ago, which cannot be proven or unproven in some cases.

Connection: The ancient wisdom shown in this picture is markings inside of a pyramid, in which there is writing that proves of ancient wisdom, but doesn't prove that their teachings were accurate.

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Definition: To be persuaded by the concept that "Mystical Energy" has something to do with the outcome of certain scenarios. Mystical Energy can be referred to as a physical power, as well as a mental power that controls energy through magic.

Connection: Mystical energy provides a concept that can be debunked in some cases, but not all. For example there is the idea that gemstone rocks hold power, but if you try to harness that power within the rock you most likely wont have a magical result.

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Post 4: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Often appeals to emotion

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Post 4: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Often appeals to emotion

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Definition: The definition from my perspective is to be able to appeal to emotion in a way that the viewer/reader feels emotionally touched by the concept. This can sway the decision of people and how they feel about a specific pseudoscience.

Connection: When watching advertisements on TV, it can be very difficult to determine which ads are a money grab, and which ones are for genuine helpful causes. UNICEF is one that comes to mind due to the concept of children starving in other countries, and even if people want to help, they may feel Skeptic about it due to the emotional stress it can make people feel.

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Post 3: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Deliberately creates mystery

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Post 3: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Deliberately creates mystery

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Definition: To create confusion and distraction from the possible explanations of certain concepts. This can lead to people believing things that have little to no evidence, due to the idea of the mystery around it.

Connection: I find that I must apply Skepticism to concepts that deliberately create mystery. This is due to the possibility of people falsifying information to create more confusion and in turn, more mystery.

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Post 2: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Results that cannot be reproduced or verified

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Post 2: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Results that cannot be reproduced or verified

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Definition: My interpretation of this definition is when people use results that are flawed due to the nature of the experiment and the possibility that the result may never be able to be replicated again due to the circumstances.

Connection: The Critical Thinking process is used in this scenario due to the fact that the results may not be accurately produced. When Critically Thinking, you must be able to determine all factors of the situation. For example, a dinosaur may not have the relevant information people are looking for due to the event of them living many years ago, which cannot be reproduced.

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Post 1: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Meaningless scientific sounding language

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Post 1: Pseudoscience Watchlist - Meaningless scientific sounding language

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Definition: The idea of using scientific sounding language to persuade readers into believing that scientific words will produce scientific results, which is untrue.

Connection: When a person decides to dress up in a lab coat and starts spewing information, people are more likely to believe him due to the credibility of a scientists words.