https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo By Carter DeCurtis en-us 2017-10-15 23:49:44 UTC 2025-10-18 00:29:45 UTC hello@padlet.com decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197179086 By Carter DeCurtis]]> 2017-10-15 23:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197179086 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197179254 Definition:
Appeal to authority is when people get scientists or celebrities to endorse a service, medicine or product. Getting someone in a type of power or authority like this will make people believe in whatever they are trying to sell.

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Here is a classic example of Appeal to Authority. Pepsi hired Kendall Jenner, who is one of the widely known Kardashian's, to promote their company. In this ad, the message that they are attempting to convey is that if you buy a Pepsi, it will result in world peace. ]]> 2017-10-15 23:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197179254 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197183912 Definition:
Confirmation Bias is essentially when somebody only believes in what they want to hear. That person would also tend to ignore the facts.

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This cartoon is an example of Confirmation Bias. The triangles say that "Squares are Always Blue", but they completely ignore the facts, which are all the other squares that are different colours.]]> 2017-10-16 00:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197183912 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197184020 Definition:
Ancient Wisdom is mainly different types of healing and/or medical techniques, teachings and theories that were created before modern science and technology. Almost all of this ancient wisdom is proven to be useless in the modern day.

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This is a link to the Flat Earth Society's Website. This is one of the biggest examples of Ancient Wisdom. The Flat Earth theory was created before we had modern technology that would prove the Earth was in fact round.  ]]> 2017-10-16 00:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197184020 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197184049 Definition:
Proof by Verbosity is when someone gives out so much useless information, that it seems like they actual know what they are talking about.

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In this painful video, Donald Trump is asked about jobs. His answer completely spirals off into a completely different direction, and ends up rambling for 3 minutes. He rambled in order to make it look like he knew what he was talking about. This is Proof By Verbosity at it's finest. ]]> 2017-10-16 00:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197184049 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197184216 Definition:
A Red Herring is a bunch of irrelevant information that distracts from the actual answer.

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In this clip from Family Guy, Mort asks the Mayor a question, and the Mayor responds with a bunch of unrelated nonsense which impresses everybody in the crowd. This is a perfect example of a Red Herring. ]]> 2017-10-16 00:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197184216 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197634470 Definition:
When something is unexplained, it means that it can't be solved through science or logic. For example, ghosts would be considered unexplained.

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This video would be considered an example of the Unexplained. This easily could be fake, but it is still terrifying. ]]> 2017-10-17 03:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197634470 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197634787 Definition:
Emotional Connection is when somebody wants something to be true so badly, that they believe in it. For example, someone paying a psychic their life savings to communicate with a dead relative.

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This situation is similar to the example I gave above. A "psychic" that took advantage of vulnerable people for personal gain. 

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Patternicity is when people see things that might not necessarily be there.  For example, seeing the shape of a face in a tree, seeing the hand of god in a cloud, etc. 

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This article is a giant case of Patternicity. All of these people have claimed that they have seen Jesus in their food. ]]> 2017-10-17 03:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197638758 decurt1998 https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197641883 2017-10-17 04:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/decurt1998/17zgzugp6gvo/wish/197641883