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Made by Lea Norris, worked individually.

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Appealing to Authority is when something is said, factual or not, by someone who is educated or powerful enough to be able to know such things. Therefore it makes it believable.

Donald trump is a big example of Appealing to Authority, this man says a lot of ridiculous things, the major topic being about immigrants and how they are hurting the US . He is in the seat of highest power and people keep falling in line and believing what he says.

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Confirmation Bias is when people believe something because it is already in their head to be true.

I believe that this class, Paranormal and Pseudoscience is based off of Confirmation Bias. I think the group of people that believe in ghosts and aliens are so dedicated that they will believe to the ends of the earth. If there is the slightest inkling that something paranormal could be going on they will jump at the opportunity and when they are proven wrong there will be an excuse made up to still back their beliefs.

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Red Herring is when someone throws in useless information as to distract someone but it has nothing to do with the actual topic.

In regards to all of our current situations, i think an example that stands out to me as a Red Herring is multiple choice questions on tests. Usually there are three answered that could be and one that seems to be on the topic but it completely wrong. Its sole purpose to to be a distracting question to really test your knowledge.

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Proof by Verbosity is when the person trying to make you believe in something bombards you with a huge influx of information as to distract you.

I think fad diets are a prime example of using the technique Proof by Verbosity. If you ever come across those ads on facebook or instagram where they speak about fruits and vegetables that can speed up your metabolism. These ads talk alot about how metabolism works but never actually give you the answers of what you are looking for. They overload you with information about the human body so you finish the ad and think you learned something but truthfully learned nothing.

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Ancient Wisdom are theories based in the past that have yet to be proven or replicated.

Chinese medicine is an example of the tactic Ancient Wisdom. Chinese medicine came about in 1700 BC, examples include; herbal remedies, acupuncture, message and many more. The therapy is said to work off of the bodies "vital energy" and is not based upon scientific knowledge. People still use this type of therapy today on the belief that it has been working for hundreds of years. The truth is it is not followed up by science and its efficacy is unknown.

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Patternicity is the act of finding patterns in everything, whether meaning less or not.

The human brain is wired to find patterns in everything, specifically thing that resemble human faces. Whether it be a screaming face in this leaf that just happened to have holes in a specific pattern or a piece of grilled cheese with burn marks that look like Jesus.

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Unexplained is when people can't understand what has happened, and they don't know what they saw.

There are many examples i could use for Unexplained but i find crop circles to be a mystery. I'm sure it is possible that it can be man made, and maybe it is, but we have yet to receive proof that it is. The lines are so accurate, the circles so round and equally spaces. It is next to impossible for a human to go along with a tractor without the full view of the field and create such a perfect design, with no discrepancies, in the time span of a night. I guess that's why we call it Unexplained.

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Post #9 Reason for Belief: Emotional Connection 

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Post #9 Reason for Belief: Emotional Connection 

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Emotional Connection is when a person is so emotionally connected that it obscures their reason and they believe because they have too.

I understand this is an overused example but i think there is no better example for Emotional Connection than a grieving parent believing a psychic is talking to their death child. When someone is in that much grief and in need of closure they are susceptible to believe anything, they're not in the right state of mine to think rationally. They believe what the psychic is saying because in their heart and mind they have to because they are so emotionally connected.