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Post #9, Reason for Belief - Emotional Connection (Video)

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Post #9, Reason for Belief - Emotional Connection (Video)

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Definition: Human emotions can obscure rational thought and it can lead to reckless behaviour.

Connection: As an example, psychics can exploit the elderly or the delusional out of their money because they are emotionally compromised. When someone passes away, for example, many people turn to mediums and psychics to channel their loved ones for a final goodbye or for an answer. "Mediums" and "Psychics" jump on these emotional people and scam their money for years in some cases. This is because the person is so struck with grief they are vulnerable to suggestion. The following video is a case that took place globally and it is uncertain if the psychic "Maria Duval" was even a real person.

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This psychic scam has raked in over $200 million

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Post #8, Reason for Belief - Unexplained

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Post #8, Reason for Belief - Unexplained

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Definition: When science cannot explain an occurrence because there is insufficient evidence OR because that science is unknown yet.

Connection: Science is constantly improving and making discoveries but there are many things science still hasn't discovered. People decide to take it into their own hands and create their own theories of why things happen they way they do OR they create paranormal stories to try to explain an occurrence. There isn't necessarily anything wrong with thinking of possible theories, it's when people with some authority begin teaching it as the science of the occurrence. The following video explores planets that exist, but science doesn't understand why. The way Earth's laws of physics work doesn't seem to apply to these planets and people are wondering why.

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Post #7, Reason for Belief - Simplicity (Image)

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Post #7, Reason for Belief - Simplicity (Image)

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Definition: Science is more complicated to understand than making up your own explanation or believing someone else's words on the subject with no credible research to back it up. It's easier to simply accept it as "magic" or paranormal occurrences.

Connection: Magic tricks are sources of entertainment. Most everyone knows that they are called "tricks" because that's what they are. They're TRICKS. Although it would be easier to believe it is true magic, logically and scientifically it's impossible.

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Post #6, Red Flag - Ideological Support (Website)

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Post #6, Red Flag - Ideological Support (Website)

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Definition: "Causes that use courts, marches, campaigns, and so on to push a belief may be fueled more by ideology than by science." - defaithed.com article Here Be Dragons.

Very often, ideologies refer to political beliefs or sets of ideas held by certain cultures.

Connection: The Anti-Vaccine movement is a massive example of Ideological Support. There are numerous experiments that prove the positive implications of vaccines and yet a certain community of anti-vaxxers persists in believing there are only negative outcomes from vaccines. The following website contains numerous stories of parents that followed the anti-vaccine movement until they realized how dangerous and impractical it was.

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My journey into the anti-vaccination scene began when I became pregnant with my one and only child. It all started when I watched the documentary The Business of Being Born and decided to pursue a home-birth midwife. After months of searching, I found one in my area who agreed to take me under her care.

At our first appointment, she asked me how I felt about vaccines. "I'm not sure what you're asking me," I responded, confused. She then told me about her experiences with vaccines and her seven children. She claimed her one son had a negative reaction, causing him to regress and become autistic. Now, she said, their family does not undergo any medical care except for chiropractic and homeopathics. I was fascinated, to say the least. The idea of not vaccinating was something I had never even heard of, let alone not taking your children to a doctor. But her kids seemed healthy, and she encouraged me to "do my research" on the Internet. And so I did.

It was like I stepped into another universe. The stories, the blogs, the information. There were mothers who said their children became autistic, developed epilepsy, or even died after receiving a vaccine. It didn't stop there. I heard tall tales about how doctors got paid premiums to vaccinate our children, and that the medical community is purposely poisoning everyone for every reason under the sun, including population control, money, and even just "because they're evil." Horror stories about ingredient lists, toxins, and mercury were spread around like candy.

I felt like I had discovered this wealth of information that the world around me didn't know. I was Charlie Bucket and I had the golden ticket to keeping my family healthy. I vowed to never vaccinate my unborn child.

I buried myself in this universe, reading websites like whale.to, Natural News, and becoming an active member of the infamous Great Mothers Questioning Vaccines Facebook group. It turned out that thousands of mothers like me had come upon all of this information, and we felt like it was our job to stand up and inform the world about the dangers of vaccines. I was advised not to trust organizations like the CDC, the FDA, the AAP, and any government websites. I got all of my information from the anecdotal "evidence" of other anti-vaccine moms and from non-government websites and Facebook pages.

My fiance Kevin heard my piece on what I learned about vaccines and agreed we would not vaccinate. So after Ramona was born, we only took her to a doctor three times in her first year of life. Even that, we felt, was too much. We were consistently paranoid about the agenda of doctors and nurses, and deep down, we were scared that Child Protection Services would take Ramona away from us for not vaccinating due to the "big pHARMa"conspiracy and their grip on the government.

I had never considered myself a conspiracy theorist, and always found them very silly. Yet here I was, diving head first into one. But that same innate resistance to outlandish conspiracy theories is exactly what slowly pulled me out of this alternate reality and into the truth.

While I was fine and okay with not vaccinating since I truly believed my choice was based on science, I had doubts on other things that my vaccine-denying peers believed in. Things like essential oils, chemtrails, FEMA death camps, and even AIDS denialism. I asked myself if I found no proof or reason to believe in THOSE ideas that they promote with the same fervor as their anti-vaccine views, then why am I so confident that they're right about vaccines? Why, when I had always loved and trusted science with everything in my being, did I distrust medicine and doctors? Things that I used to be so confident in I was now unsure of. I decided it was time to visit the vaccine conversation once more, with a new perspective and science mindset.

It didn't take me long to go from feeling silly to feeling foolish, and finally to feeling completely stupid. I had been duped. I was flat-out lied to. The cult-like world of vaccine refusal had grabbed me by the throat and taken me for a ride. Between the CDC, PubMed, and even other accounts on Voices for Vaccines such as Megan's " Leaving The Anti-Vaccine Movement" and Amy's " Growing Up Un-Vaccinated " I was convinced: Vaccinations were safe and effective, and it was my responsibility to Ramona to vaccinate her.

My change of heart hasn't come without costs. Now that I'm vehemently pro-vax, I've lost friends, gained enemies, and changed greatly. I am embarrassed by my past decisions, but not regretful. I am so grateful that my Ramona never got sick, or God forbid got another child sick. I also hope my story can help other mothers come around to vaccinating their children if they've been misled, as I had been.

I am not angry with parents who don't vaccinate-I am sad for them because many are so immersed in the lies that they've been told that they'll probably never get out. I can only hope that they can open their mind to science like I did, and decide to vaccinate to protect their children, their families, and their communities.
Maranda Dynda is a former anti-vaccine mom turned vaccine advocate. She lives in rural Pennsylvania with her fiancé Kevin and daughter Ramona. While currently a stay-at-home mom, she hopes to pursue a degree and career in public health to help others learn about the importance of vaccinations and keeping their families and communities well.
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I was Duped by the Anti-Vaccine Movement

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My journey into the anti-vaccination scene began when I became pregnant with my one and only child. It all started when I watched the documentary The Business of Being Born and decided to pursue a home-birth midwife. After months of searching, I found one in my area who agreed to take me under her care.

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Post #5, Red Flag - Suppressed By Authorities (Video)

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Post #5, Red Flag - Suppressed By Authorities (Video)

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Definition: (Also commonly known as conspiracy theories) Suppression by Authorities are the conspiracies created by people that believe the government or large companies are hiding things like aliens or depriving people of cures for diseases for their own benefit.

Connection: Suppressed by Authorities is commonly explained through the conspiracy that medical companies are suppressing the cure for cancer because they would lose out monetarily. Another example of this would be Climate Change and the argument that it's false or it's not a man-made occurrence - that the government and scientists are withholding information so they can continue receiving funding for other projects.

The following video briefly explores both sides of the conspiracy of climate change.

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Post #4, Red Flag - Mystical Energy (Website)

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Post #4, Red Flag - Mystical Energy (Website)

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Definition: a supposed energy (unrelated to the scientific usage of the word) that people believe to be from a "higher power" or an "aura". In reality, the word "energy" is a scientific measurement of work performance ability.

Connection: Have you ever felt a "negative energy" in a room after a fight, or meeting a person that's in a bad mood? This is an example of a "Mystical Energy". That negative energy that people feel is nothing more than a psychological analysis of the situation. Your mind is processing the scenario and enabling you to "feel" what the other's in the room are expressing. Other examples include powers that people claim to have like : clairvoyance, precognition, shamanism, Zodiac physiology, mediums, etc... These are all Mystical Energies that people claim to feel/sense. People who claim to have these powers often charge outrageous prices for people to speak with the dead, receive information about their career paths, information about their zodiac signs, and their issues with love finding.

The following is a website of a Psychic group, called Fate Finders. The video included on the site's front page is a Tarot card reading of a woman's career path. Personally, I am supposed to be a Pisces and I felt that I matched his descriptions better than the woman. The woman he was reading for is a Cancer. The website itself offers several different reading options such as: Mediums, Love Readings, Numerology, Tarot Card Readings, Clairvoyants, and more.

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Post #3, Red Flag - Confirmation Bias (Image)

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Post #3, Red Flag - Confirmation Bias (Image)

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Definition: Confirmation Bias is when you only pay attention to what corresponds with your beliefs and opinions.

Connection: When doing research, a person will typically search for a source that agrees with their beliefs. For example, a person will most likely only look for sources proving climate change is real because that is what they believe and they want that side proven. Confirmation Bias isn't limited to research, mind you. It also applies to socializing. First impressions of people can also become confirmation biases. Ex: you go on a blind date and it turns out the person is very attractive. You will most likely try to take notice of only the good things about them, instead of realizing they are shallow and rude. Your mind wants to believe they are a good match so it will create that image and possibly interpret their intentions differently.

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Post #2, Red Flag - Appeal to Authority (Video)

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Post #2, Red Flag - Appeal to Authority (Video)

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Definition: Appeal to Authority is using a respected profession/image/celebrity in media to gain peoples trust in a product, belief, religion, opinion, etc...

Connection: Appeal to Authority can be as minor as a celebrity endorsing shoes or energy drinks. Mind you, Appeal to Authority can become dangerous when it is used to entice people to buy products using supposed "Doctors" or health care professionals (actors pretending to be such). False advertising is dangerous and, in some cases, illegal.

This commercial of Colgate Toothpaste is a typical example of Appeal to Authority. A "dentist" is recommending Colgate to the audience along with anecdotes from women who supposedly use the product.

FUN FACT: People started abandoning Colgate Total because they discovered it contained triclosan, a chemical that can disrupt hormones in fetuses and animals with the right dosage. It is not harmful to humans, in this case, since it's not a high enough dosage.

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Alorah Abell, working individually