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The red flag: Red Herring is misleading or irrelevant information given to distract the reader to what is actually being said.

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In this video clip of Family Guy, the first person in the audience asked something about garbage pick-up. The person responding didn’t respond with any information about garbage pick-up all he responded with was “we all live in a town where you can ask questions.” This is irrelevant information and distracts the audience from what the actual question was.

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Post #2: Red Flag #2 - Appeal to Authority

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Post #2: Red Flag #2 - Appeal to Authority

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The red flag: Appeal to Authority is when a person of authority (lawyer, celebrity, doctor) uses there platform to promote a product or lifestyle. When people see this person of authority promoting something that must mean that it is good so they have to go get the product.

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The video below shows LeBron James one of the top NBA players in a commercial for Sprite. This demonstrated Appeal to Authority because a person with a platform is promoting a product. Therefore, since he is well known and people like watching him they may be more inclined to buy the product he is promoting.

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The red flag: Ancient Wisdom is any reference to any discoveries or statements in ancient times. This includes ancient practices, ancient beings or ancient knowledge.

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This article is connected to Ancient Wisdombecause it references that ancient discoveries still are referenced in today’s world. This article states that Greeks thought that the earth was flat, which some people today still think is true, as well as that slavery was OK and that women were second-class people.

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Sunday we consider whether ancient wisdom -- namely that of the Greeks -- can be applied to modern problems. Most Greeks thought the earth was flat, that slavery was OK, and that women were second-class people. Plato thought democracy sucked, that poetry and drama were bad things, and that freedom of speech is a sort of joke.

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The red flag All Natural is the idea that nothing is artificial. Just because it may be “all natural” does not mean it is the best option and is good for you. For example, salt is all natural but too much of it can raise your blood pressure and cause dehydration.

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In this girls YouTube video, she shares her “all natural” skin care routine which includes ingredients like honey and brown sugar as well as a natural liquid soap which includes organic oils. On YouTube, you never know if the person is being genuine and actually giving an honest review. Here they are all natural ingredients but you don’t know if she is promoting this just to get a paycheck or if she actually likes it.

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Post #6 Red Flag #5 - Suppression by Authority

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Post #6 Red Flag #5 - Suppression by Authority

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The red flag Suppression by Authorityis when an authority figure like a celebrity or doctor or someone in power is degrading or putting something down like medical treatments or cures, products for their own success and gain.

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This article shows the 10 biggest lies in health care in America. This shows Suppression by Authoritybecause they accuse large companies of lying and covering up cures for many different diseases for many years so that they can make money.

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The 10 biggest health care lies in America

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The 10 biggest health care lies in America

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Reason for Belief #1 - Observation and Perception

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Reason for Belief #1 - Observation and Perception

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Definition:The reason for belief perception is viewing a situation from your own perspective and observation is seeing things for what they are without a skewed opinion.

Connection:This picture shows a cat observing itself as a lion in the mirror, but its perception of himself is different than what we observe.

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Reason for Belief #3- Emotional Connection

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Reason for Belief #3- Emotional Connection

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Definition:The reason for belief Emotional Connectionis feeling in touch with someone who cares about us

Connection:The article on this website connects to Emotional Connectionbecause it discusses multiples aspects of Emotional Connection including what it truly is as well as positive ways to cope

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One of the strongest attachments that I've ever had in my life was with my high school sweetheart. After a series of breakups that took place during and after our college years, we finally called it quits once and for all. I remember thinking, "I don't know if I'll ever be happy again," and "Will I ever find anyone else I'll spend my life with?" For a long time, my heart felt broken. I couldn't envision anyone being able to replace her. Fortunately, I did move on and I'm currently very happily married and love my wife very much. Nevertheless, it took awhile to break free of the attachment to my ex-girlfriend. In this blog post, we'll explore attachments and why they cause suffering.
The Only Thing Permanent in Life Is its Impermanence
The one thing that for sure is going to happen is that we are all going to die. The other thing that for sure will happen is that circumstances will change: We get jobs, we lose jobs, we start relationships, we end them, we are young, and we grow old-life is in a constant state of flux.

Imagine you were floating down a river. Life is going well and you move along with the currents. Now imagine that you stood up and said, "I don't want anything to change, I want to stay right here!" The river would push against you and you would suffer.

Attachments are like this; we want what we want and once we have it, we want it to stay the same. We say to ourselves, "I need this" or "I have to have this or else I'll be unhappy." Any attachment we hang onto that we insist can't change-whether it's our health, our beauty, or our relationships-will cause us to suffer.

Some may say, "I'm happily married and I plan on being this way for years to come." That's wonderful, but one of you will most likely die before the other and that means if there's too much attachment, there will be suffering. I'm not suggesting to reject love; loving is important. But when we say "I have to have this!" we'll suffer.
Preferences Versus Attachments
A far better approach in life is to say, "I prefer to have this" For example, let's say that you walked into your favorite restaurant. You're excited to have a particular dish. Unfortunately, the kitchen ran out of it. On the one hand, one approach is to say, "What? This is terrible! I wanted that and now you've ruined my day!" This reaction is a result of an attachment.

On the other hand, you can ask,"Well what do you have?...Ok, that sounds pretty good." This reaction is a result of not being attached to that particular meal you wanted. In the end, you had your preference, but you were still happy with the other options you were given. Thus, it's fine to have certain preferences, but when things have to go a certain way, then suffering usually occurs. I explore this complex topic in my book, Living a Peaceful Life. For now, I've really just touched the surface, but I think you get a glimpse of how attachments can cause suffering.
Meditation: The Attachment Buster
The next question is, "How can meditation help me be free and not suffer from my attachments?" I believe one of the key benefits of meditation is learning how to live in the present moment. There's just so much mind chatter going on in our brains all day. Meditation teaches us to quiet our minds. Because our attachments come from our minds, when there's no mind chatter, then there are no attachments. All, and I do mean all, of our attachments come from mind chatter. So if we learn to quiet our minds, we learn to just be, live in the present moment, and the attachments disappear. I can prove this theory.

Imagine someone who's very, very sad because she wants to be in a relationship. Hannah walks into a movie theater with a friend and during the film she forgets about her worries, her fears, and her thoughts of "I'm going to be alone for the rest of my life. I wish so much I was in a relationship." The mind chatter she hears all day depresses her, but it has disappeared while she was enjoying the movie. As she exits the theatre, she sees a couple walking hand in hand in front of her, and her mind chatter resumes. Once again, she becomes fixated on her need to be in a relationship.

Again, it's very important for us to understand that ALL of our suffering comes from our attachments. Our attachments are created, are fueled, and are maintained by our thoughts. If we don't have our thoughts, we won't suffer. Of course, throughout our lives, we'll continue to have thoughts, but what meditation does is teach us to quiet the mind. It teaches us to be present and control them so that they don't run wild.

When we meditate, we follow our breath, our prayer word, or our mantra, and a thought arises. What do we do? We go back to our prayer word, our breath, or mantra. Again, another thought comes. And we go back to our breath, and so on.

Over time, meditation teaches us to observe our thoughts even when we're not meditating. When we witness a negative attachment, we identify it, and then we just get back to living life. When the attachments kick in, the key is to just get back to living life. Be with your friend, do your work, watch nature -whatever it may be. When we learn to live in the present, to flow with life, life goes well.
Grieving Versus Attachments
As a therapist in private practice, I encourage all of my clients to grieve when painful events occur-it's a very important emotion. But there's a big difference between attachments and grieving. When we lose someone or something that we love, we need to go through the grieving process. But for most people, grieving is extended and though part of the time is spent grieving, most of it is spent dwelling on the attachments.

How do you know the difference between the two? When you are truly grieving you will feel better at the end of the grieving sessions. The tears will flow and you'll feel better. But when you're attached you won't feel better; you'll just be thinking negative thoughts and you'll be stuck.
When Attachments Arise, Get Present
When we realize that our thoughts create the attachments and we can quiet our minds, be still, and be present with the now through meditation, then we can start implementing our meditation practice to help us with our attachments. Use your meditation time to work through your attachments by focusing on them and then get back to just being. When the attachments come-and they will come-return to the present moment. When fears or desires arise, remind yourself that they're merely thoughts, and that they're causing you to miss out on the here and now. With regular practice, you'll begin to experience less of both.

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Definition: The reason for belief Unexplained is something that is not described or made clear, it is simply unknown.

Connection: The page on this website connects to the Unexplained because it shows the most powerful theories that try to explain and solve the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle

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Last Updated: March 29, 2017

Bermuda Triangle Theories

Howard, an expert on Bermuda Triangle, claims that more than 50 ships and 20 planes have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle over the last century itself, and up to 1000 over the past 500 years. So how did the planes and ships disappear? What went wrong?

Actually there is no single theory that can explain all disappearances. The planes and ships have been victims to different circumstances & situations while cruising over the vast triangle area and were in different physical locations. And therefore there are several theories that explain the different incidents of missing ships and planes. Here are the most popular theories that try to explain and solve the mysteries.

Large amount of methane gas is known to exist below the ocean floor trapped in the sediments in form of methane hydrates. If such gas finds its way out and starts rising through the water, it can significantly reduce the density of water in that area. And ships passing over that area can sink in no time. Such gas release can also create explosions and saturate the atmosphere with methane gas causing planes to crash.

Sargasso sea is a strange area within Bermuda Triangle that has no shores but bounded by ocean currents on all sides. This has been the trap for many sailing vessels in the past. Many sailing boats and ships are believed to have become completely motionless while passing through this area and later found in derelict conditions without a soul on them. Dense seaweed on water surface and exceptionally low winds have been the main cause of making vessels motionless in this area.

Check out Sargasso Sea for more information about the incidents and their causes.

Hexagonal clouds forming Air Bombs

Scientists have noticed formation of strange hexagonal shaped clouds with straight edges on Bermuda Triangle. This is a strange and rare phenomena. Meteorologists confirm from other such formations of cloud at North Sea and evidences shown by satellite images that they are like air bombs. The air bombs can blast and send out winds to the ocean beneath at speeds of up to 170 miles per hour which can be dangerous for aircraft or ships passing through it. Additionally such air bomb explosion can create gigantic waves as high as 45-foot and ocean surface wind of about 100 miles per hour which too can be extremely dangerous.

The Gulf Stream is an ocean current that originates in the Gulf of Mexico, and then moves through the Straits of Florida, into the North Atlantic and passes through Bermuda Triangle area. It is like a river within an ocean and can easily carry floating objects along its flow. A small plane making a water landing or a boat having engine trouble will be easily carried away.

It happened to the cabin cruiser Witchcraft on December 22, 1967, when it reported engine trouble near the Miami buoy marker one mile from shore, but was not there when a Coast Guard cutter arrived.

Electronic Fog: A Hutchison effect

It has been heard several times that ships and aircraft get engulfed in some kind of electronic fog and the fog keeps moving along with the ship or the plane. And eventually, all the electronic equipment and other instruments start malfunctioning. Then the ships and airplanes either disintegrate or disappear without a trace. Vancouver based scientist John Hutchison through his experiments has shown occurrence of Electronic Fog that causes some strange phenomena.

Do you know that magnetic and absolute North are not the same. Which means that the north where a compass points and the absolute geographic north which is the north pole are different. So ships need to make adjustment for this difference to keep to the right direction. But in Bermuda Triangle, there is a narrow strip where both these North's become the same. Some claim that such Compass Variation could have been the cause for fatal accidents as ships failed to determine the correct direction.

Strange Weather & Hurricanes

At times there are violent storms in the Bermuda Triangle area. These short but intense storms can build up quickly and go away so fast that even a satellite can't detect them properly. But these storms are strong enough to destroy ships or planes completely. There are also waterspouts seen in this area. A waterspout is like a tornado at sea that sucks water from the ocean thousands of feet into the sky.

Hurricanes are extremely powerful swirling storms that sometimes appear in the Atlantic near the equator. They usually originate from south eastern Atlantic and pass through the Bermuda Triangle area towards the south eastern coast of the US. June to November is the time when possibility of such hurricane occurring is the most. Such hurricanes have historically been the cause for loss of many lives and extensive damage. The sinking of Francisco de Bobadilla's Spanish fleet in 1502 was the first recorded instance of such destructive hurricane. Hurricanes have in the past caused a number of fatal damages to the sailing vessels passing through the area.

Very large waves can appear suddenly even in calm seas. One such rogue wave caused the Ocean Ranger, then the world's largest offshore platform to capsize in 1982. Research has shown that freak waves up to 30m high & capable of sinking a large ship within moments, can and do happen. Although these are very rare, in some areas ocean currents indicate that they happen more often than normal.

The seafloor in Bermuda Triangle area is also found to be quite strange. There are some unusual formations. From a gentle slope it takes a sudden deep drop. In fact, some of the deepest trenches in the world are found in this area. Ships or planes that sink into these deep trenches will probably never be found as they are virtually inaccessible.

Scientists also speculate that there can be large deep ocean craters on the sea floor of Bermuda Triangle. This can be caused by large amount of oil leaks or bursting of Methane gas that were trapped at different layers below the sea floor. Such giant craters (about half a mile wide and 150ft deep) have already been discovered at Barent Sea off the coast of Norway in March 2016. Similar such deep ocean craters are likely to exist in Bermuda Triangle as well because the sea floor in the area is known to contain large amount of Methane gas. If a ship is wrecked due to Methane blow out or any other reason and drops into the crater, it can easily disappear without leaving any trace.

Human mistakes can not be ruled out in this area. More so because the vast water area in Bermuda Triangle has so many islands that look so similar. It is easy to make a mistake confusing one with another. And in such confusion if the captain takes a wrong turn or direction, then he can slowly but surely get to such water area where it would be too late to turn back and reach a land to refuel. And then eventually it'll be a question of how long the ship can sustain the foul weather.

There are also explanations based on some supernatural theories like the lost city of Atlantis, UFOs and Aliens. Check out Supernatural Theories to know about such explanations that try to explain the disappearances.

And like in any other subject, there are skeptics and critics here who do not believe that Bermuda Triangle area has any mystery to be solved at all. They say there is nothing unusual about all these disappearances... it's nothing different from any other ocean area where such incidents also take place in similar numbers, and most can be explained with science or some logic.

Check out the Skeptics Theory to find out what the skeptics of Bermuda Triangle have to say.

Strange magnetic fields from the bottom of the ocean causing compass to malfunction, pirates capturing ships, explosive cargo destroying vessels etc are also believed to be other causes. Another possibility is underwater earthquakes. Scientists have actually observed a great deal of seismic vibrations taking place in the Bermuda triangle area and under the seafloor.

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Thanks for the updates- one of the creepiest books I read in the 70's was Richard Winners "The Devils Triangle" and this part of the Atlantic has always been fascinating. I guess what I don't understand given today's technology is how ships and planes are not fitted with Lo-Jack technology. If my car is stolen, the police will be able to pinpoint it's location in minutes- how is it possible, as in the Malaysian Flight that disappeared a few years ago, that commercial shipping and aircraft do not have the same locator technology? I would be most interested to hear anyone's explanation for this. Thank you very much.

Todd Rickey (October 2016)

Methane bubbles probably affect buoyancy to varying degrees, while there is more to consider regarding the methane budget. Most of it is in storage. Primarily, the cause of many phenomena there involves the outgassing of methane "ice" (clathrates) from the sea floor.

As you know, another name for much of the area is the "Sargasso Sea" due to thick mats and subsurface extents of sargasso seaweed (algae). Over millions of years, dead algal deposits accumulate and are buried along the continental shelf at varying depths. In this environment, plant material decomposes anaerobically (without oxygen).

The microbial anaerobes produce methane within the sedimentary deposits. Given the conditions of pressure and temperature there, water molecules arrange in a cage (Latin: clathrate) surrounding methane molecules. This results in a crystalline lattice of methane-water ice, stable in the submarine subsurface environment. Such deposits are also found below land surface in the Arctic permafrost.

When conditions occur that disturb this methane ice (seismicity, warming, turbidity flows), the water cage decomposes rapidly, while the natural gas explosively sublimates. Into lower pressure areas the expanding methane essentially explodes toward the surface. Given some source of ignition though, a chemical explosion would occur where enough oxygen is present.

Watched a documentary on Bermuda triangle few days ago, seamed there are lots of lightning strikes in the area. What if massive lightning that strikes the sea/gulf stream brought massive amount of electrons that could not dissipate immediately. You have the gulf stream moving at 5 knots northwards, slow, but as a whole the pool of water could still constitute a massive charge. Can we apply the Right Hand Rule, i.e. a magnetic field generated? If so, the magnetic field and force could possibly be strong enough to wrack havoc.

Ok I have a theory. It's a little out there but here me out. Ok our government is very secretive and look at all of the things that have disappeared, almost 80 percent of them were either military ships or military aircraft. most people overlook that fact or say that it is coincidence but I think differently. Look at all of the things that our government hides from us, like for instance Area 51. There are many theories about it but no civilian has ever entered the facility. I believe that the government knows more about the Bermuda triangle than they tell us. It could be many things. It could be a worm hole or a portal. It could be a place where an alien race has settled or it could be a secret military base under or above water that contains things that could either cause panic or chaos in everyday life. The fact that all devices go crazy could be something as simple as a magnetic cloaking device to help conceal whatever is hidden. Call me crazy but think about it. The government gets away with anything even killing people. What makes you think they won't kill to protect something that secretive and important to them. What if they have made contact with another race?

What if they found some type of ancient portal. They have found pieces of the ancient city of Atlantis near the Bermuda triangle. I think the theories of the Sargasso sea and the electronic fog and the methane pockets are all cover ups framed by the government. I know this all sounds pretty off the wall but it's just a thought from myself after years of research. The only way to truly find out is a very simple answer involving a little hi tech technology. Build a vessel such as a boat with cameras, microphones and recording devices and send the ship into the triangle while anchoring it to a secondary vessel strong enough to pull the venturing vessel back to its original starting location. It may not work but it's worth a shot. Now if an average C student can come up with ideas like this how come our government and the scientist who work for our government haven't tried this or thought of it? That is something for you to think about. Well that's about all I have for now, if I get any other ideas, facts or thoughts on the great mystery of The Bermuda Triangle, I will be sure to post but until then thank you for your time and thank you for reading my article.

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Last Updated: March 29, 2017 Bermuda Triangle Theories Howard, an expert on Bermuda Triangle, claims that more than 50 ships and 20 planes have disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle over the last century itself, and up to 1000 over the past 500 years. So how did the planes and ships disappear?