Assignment 1: Paranormal and Psuedoscience by https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve Jay Weippert, working with Dalton Young en-us 2020-02-10 21:01:23 UTC 2025-04-28 12:35:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f973.png Post #1: Assignment #1 jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443344594 Made By: Jason Weippert and Dalton Young]]> 2020-02-10 21:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443344594 Post #2 Red Flag: Appeal to Authority jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443346854 Definition: An appeal to authority is when a professionals opinion on a matter or situation is taken with absolute certainty of being the truth.

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Appeal to Authority is a very common red flag in the modern world of social media, there are many examples of this but a common example and case of Appeal to Authority is people believing in their idols opinions and public statements simply due to the fact that they see them as a higher status or value due to their worth. An example of this would be Stephen Hawking and his statement about the future of AI spelling the end of humanity, there is no way to know that this outcome is certain but the majority of people tend to believe in Stephen solely for the fact of his academic credibility and history of accomplishments.]]> 2020-02-10 21:08:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443346854 Post #3 Red Flag: Ideological Support jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443354148 Definition:
Ideological support is an act on a cause which is backed up by ideology rather than science.  When someone, in this case, Rosa Parks, makes a stand for something they believe in which is - more often than not - backed up by a large group of people.

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In this case Rosa Parks went against the social norms and refused to give up her seat for a white man. This then caused a nation-wide effort to end racial biases and segregation. Without the need for science or fact, she stood up for what she believed in and created one of the largest movements in history to make a difference.
]]> 2020-02-10 21:26:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443354148 Post #5 Red Flag: Suppressed by Authorities jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443358626 Definition:
Is to believe that certain information or a certain amount of resources and facts are being obscured by a higher being of authority and being hidden from the populous as a means of control.

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A good and classic connection of this is the theory that the Illuminati is real or that the government is hiding aliens or intelligent life that has come into contact with Earth, and has been captured within Area 51 in the Nevada Desert.]]> 2020-02-10 21:36:34 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443358626 Post # 4 Red Flag: Ancient Wisdom jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443360227 Definition:
Ancient wisdom is the belief that because something has been around for a long time, it's effective, and the right method. Primarily in medicine, people are inclined to believe in religion more than modern medicine and can end up dying because of it.

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When people who are devoutly religious become ill, say with cancer, rather than turning to modern medicine they turn to God. Hoping that their Faith with cure them they ignore all signs that they need professional help and, in most cases, end up not getting better, and more often than not in the case of cancer; dying.]]> 2020-02-10 21:40:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443360227 Post #6 Red Flag: Confirmation Bias jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443372001 Definition:
Confirmation bias is when someone recalls, an event, or information in a manner that is incorrect but strengthens their argument.

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The entirety of politics. Every politician, every political campaign, anything to do with a person trying to gain the vote of a group of people, is confirmation bias. A politician will not hesitate to ignore facts and rely solely on charm, wit, and their own beliefs to control a population into thinking that they are right. Each group has their own beliefs, and each group will tell you that they are right, but not every group can be right, so each group has to hide certain parts of their agenda and put on a mask for the people.]]> 2020-02-10 22:13:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443372001 Post #7 Reason For Belief: Patternicity jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443382318 Definition:
Finding a pattern in something that has no meaning. In sounds, objects, or literally nothing, people can see a pattern and think that there's a meaning behind it.

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When people see a face in a tree or a bush, they think that there's a reason behind it. Or someone hearing something that isn't there. You can hear white noise in a radio receiver sometimes, people often mistake that sound for the voices of dead people or someone who's lost. They make out patterns in the noise and put a picture behind it when really, it's just noise.]]> 2020-02-10 22:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443382318 Post #8 Reason For Belief: Ideology jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443383192 Definition:
Using ideals rather than fact to create an argument.

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Religion. Science gave proof of everything Religion says is false, and instead of conceding to the facts, Religion made more false arguments. Science explained evolution, how over billions of years the Earth grew and animals along with it, then Religion made the arguments of creation science and intelligent design to counter it; saying that God created the Earth in a week and everything that happens is it's plan. Religion has no proof of anything and yet it keeps making more arguments against the facts of science.






]]> 2020-02-10 22:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443383192 Post #9 Reason for Belief: Unexplained jason_weippert https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443385535 Definition:
It is the definition of "We don't know what we don't know", it is the feeling of the unknown and us as human beings trying to piece together the unexplained, we try to justify or explain what we do not have answers to, this leads to speculation and theorizing.

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When a magician performs a magic trick, when an anomaly happens or an unexpected event happens, we can even apply this to simpler things such as computer programming, when a run-time error occurs with an unexplained  error we will normally resort to this reason of belief. ]]> 2020-02-10 22:57:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jason_weippert/4ua8ozvwh1ve/wish/443385535