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Assignment 1   -   Kane Colquhoun- Patterson
Student # 100667421

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Ancient Wisdom is the idea that Ancient peoples and cultures possess information more significant than the knowledge of modern day. Since the knowledge of the past is considered superior to current knowledge it is considered impractical to follow current knowledge on a subject when ancient knowledge is available.

A good example of ancient wisdom would be healing through prayer.

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Mystical Energy is an idea that an item or person contains an energy source within them that is interconnected to a network of other energy sources, providing them either intellectual or physical enhancement. A person can use this pseudoscience red flag to portray an advanced knowledge of someones life or install the belief that an unseen energy is enhancing their physical or emotional health.

A good example of this red flag would be a fortune teller.

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Confirmation Bias is the idea that we subconsciously pick and choose bits of information that support our beliefs or arguments while discarding the negative ends of that same information in order to serve our cause. A person can use this red flag to prove their beliefs easily, while in actuality these beliefs may have more negatively affecting aspects than positive

A good example of this would be a man would argues that alcohol makes you happy therefore is a form of depression treatment when in reality the effects of alcohol can cause depression.

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Appeal to Authority is the idea that everything an authoritative person says should be taken as fact or the right decision. This means a person can use an authoritative person's image to provide validation for whatever they want.

A good example of this would be a running shoe manufacturer who uses an Olympic track runner to approve their product on a commercial.

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Red Herring is the idea of using misleading information to throw a person off track of a previously discussed topic. Red herrings are used as distraction techniques to draw attention away from a specific topic with an unrelated point.

A good example of this would be a reporter asking a politician about what their plans are to reduce pollution in the ocean and receiving an answer about climate control.

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Post #8 Reasons to Believe -  Simplicity

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Post #8 Reasons to Believe -  Simplicity

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Simplicity is the idea that things that are to hard to explain receive the easiest solution rather than digging deep enough into the topic to reveal the logical answer.

For example Deja vu

I made this connection because deja vu is a controversial topic that can be argued from either side of the conflict quite easily. Alot of people who don't understand deja vu tend to take the spiritual route when trying to explain it. The most common results are psychic abilities , memories of a past life or dream state future predictions. While the scientific community would attribute deja vu to memory retention, confusion of similar topics or subconscious memory retention.

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The term déjà vu is French and means, literally, "already seen." Those who have experienced the feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity with something that shouldn't be familiar at all. Say, for example, you are traveling to England for the first time. You are touring a cathedral, and suddenly it seems as if you have been in that very spot before. Or maybe you are having dinner with a group of friends, discussing some current political topic, and you have the feeling that you've already experienced this very thing -- same friends, same dinner, same topic.

The phenomenon is rather complex, and there are many different theories as to why déjà vu happens. Swiss scholar Arthur Funkhouser suggests that there are several "déjà experiences" and asserts that in order to better study the phenomenon, the nuances between the experiences need to be noted. In the examples mentioned above, Funkhouser would describe the first incidence as déjà visite ("already visited") and the second as déjà vecu ("already experienced or lived through").

As much as 70 percent of the population reports having experienced some form of déjà vu. A higher number of incidents occurs in people 15 to 25 years old than in any other age group.

Déjà vu has been firmly associated with temporal-lobe epilepsy. Reportedly, déjà vu can occur just prior to a temporal-lobe seizure. People suffering a seizure of this kind can experience déjà vu during the actual seizure activity or in the moments between convulsions.

Since déjà vu occurs in individuals with and without a medical condition, there is much speculation as to how and why this phenomenon happens. Several psychoanalysts attribute déjà vu to simple fantasy or wish fulfillment, while some psychiatrists ascribe it to a mismatching in the brain that causes the brain to mistake the present for the past. Many parapsychologists believe it is related to a past-life experience. Obviously, there is more investigation to be done.

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The term déjà vu is French and means, literally, "already seen." Those who have experienced the feeling describe it as an overwhelming sense of familiarity with something that shouldn't be familiar at all. Say, for example, you are traveling to England for the first time.

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Post #7  Reasons to Beleive - Patternicity

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Post #7  Reasons to Beleive - Patternicity

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Patternicity is the ability to see shapes of objects where there are none.
This image represents patternicity beacuse it can be interpreted as two heavenly hands opening a gateway into the clouds when in actuality it is just a cluster of clouds with the rays of the sun penetrating through a small opening in the clouds.

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Post #9 Reasons to Believe - Unexplained Beleifs

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Post #9 Reasons to Believe - Unexplained Beleifs

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Unexplained Beliefs come from a serious lack of knowledge on the topic. Since we know little to nothing about the topic the only true logical answer we can firmly give the topic is that it is unexplained. This leaves a lot of room for guess work, but the final scientific answer available is that we truly don't know.

For example the legend of Atlantis.

I chose this connection because not only is it a fascinating story but it also has people believing in both sides of the argument. One side says its a story of fiction to drive home a point to be morally correct. The other side says its a true account of history that has been lost to myth due to the lack of information regarding the subject. The conflicting views on the topic and the massive lack of information on the legend makes it a perfect candidate for the unexplained belief.

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A Misinterpretation of Crystal Potential