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Shane Coleman / 100654155

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Definition - All Natural is a term people will use to push the public into believing a product is safer than it really is

Connection - People perceive "all natural" or "natural" as healthier or safe so seeing that on something normally unsafe might make people want to try it out or justify using it

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Definition - Using the fact that something has been around for a long time and that ancient ciliations used it as proof of its credibility

Connection - Using ancient knowledge as proof of something without being skeptical or scientifically examining it can be dangerous and lead to false ideas

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Post #5 / Red Flag - Appeal to Authority 

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Post #5 / Red Flag - Appeal to Authority 

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Definiton - Basing your belief on the fact that a celebrity or "authority" believes it to be true instead of looking into the facts and science yourself

Connection - Doctors are seen as an "authority" and are trusted when it comes to health and safety so seeing them promote something makes you want to trust the product they promote

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Big Pharma is hiding the one cure for all cancers

Define Problem:

Many conspiracies claim that bug Pharma is hiding the cure to cancer to somehow benefit them financially or for other reasons

Gather / Evaluate Information:

A lot of these conspiracies make extraordinary claims without much to back it up. There is no real proof to think that companies are hiding any such thing, all the research shows that cancer research is improving and new cures are being discovered all the time. A lot of cancers have become survivable now but why would they let that happen if they were trying to profit off of it. There are no reliable sources in defence of these theories

Best Alternative:

With all the evidence pointing in the direction of this being a false theory I think the best alternative is that there is no such secret cure and science is truly working hard to discover more cures and understand the disease as best as they can

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Definition - The willingness to seek out only evidence that confirms previous or existing beliefs

Connection - When people are searching for evidence and proof of opinions or beliefs they already have they tend to look for things that confirm their ideas and won't look at it subjectively

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Post #6 / Red Flag - Proof by Verbosity 

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Post #6 / Red Flag - Proof by Verbosity 

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Definition - Having too much bad information and not enough truthful information which tricks you into believing the false information

Connection - Fake news is a good example because if you see enough false information from sources you trust you can believe it without seeing the real information if you don't seek it out yourself

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Post #7 / Reasons for Belief - Unexplained

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Post #7 / Reasons for Belief - Unexplained

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Definiton - If something doesn't have a perfect factual reason they will use that to believe in something far fetched because it hasn't been disproven

Connection - A lot of ufo and alien encounters caught on tape cannot be debunked for sure so people use those instances to prove that they must be real

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Post #8 / Reasons for Belief - Simplicity

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Post #8 / Reasons for Belief - Simplicity

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Definition - If there are scientific and theory explanations behind something people will choose the theory one because it is either easier to understand or makes them feel better about it

Connection - When someone dies suddenly or in a traumatic way people will often believe that it was gods plan and although not true it can bring comfort for people

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Post #9 / Reasons for Belief - Patternicity 

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Post #9 / Reasons for Belief - Patternicity 

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Definition - When someone tends to find patterns or meaning in seemingly meaningless items, objects or pictures often seen as "signs"

Connection - People have seen shapes in things forever but there was a well known case of the Jesus toast in which people thought they could make out a portrait of Jesus in burnt toast and took it as a sign from god