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GENED-1512 Assignment #1

jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 01:41:56 UTC

Jackson smith 100924425

1/4 watchlist

jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 02:11:56 UTC

1.) Use of scientific-sounding language that is meaningless, an example of this would be a psychic saying to a client "Mystical energy can be easily identified using the psychotronic amplification method" They would do this to undermine their client into believing what they said.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 02:35:42 UTC

2.) results that can not be replicated or verified, the perfect definition to this pseudoscience watchlist is Sylvia Browne whom I have already talked about in a previous discussion post, she was offered to test her psychic abilities but she never went through with it due to the fact that there were no real abilities to prove.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 02:43:11 UTC

3.) often appealing to peoples emotion, this pseudoscience watchlist is defined by its name which is peoples emotion specifically using it to manipulate the client, usually aimed at vulnerable people and this is due to the fact that the clients emotion will overpower rational thoughts which is what people in pseudoscience want to happen.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 02:49:04 UTC

4.) Deliberately creating mystery, this appeals to two parts of people first our love for mystery and two our need for excitement, this will make the client deeply believe in the pseudoscience even more which is what they want to happen when using this watchlist method.

1/5 red flags

jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 02:58:51 UTC

--> Conformation bias, this relates to the ESP which was talked about in the third presentation but. conformation bias is the tendency to collect information and favor a specific outcome from the information that you found.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 03:03:52 UTC

2.) Mystical energy is also apart of the sixth sense or ESP again and the definition for this topic is a term given to the Energies that cannot be explained by anything other then ESP.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 03:10:18 UTC

3.) Ancient wisdom, people are drawn to ancient wisdom which is something that the pseudoscience industry can take advantage of but ancient wisdom us specifically pre-Christian knowledge, philosophy, and beliefs which is in accordance to the Collins English dictionary.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 03:14:07 UTC

4.) Proof by verbosity, this is a simple red flag definition, proof by verbosity is when a psychic is not getting a hit on their client they can start to argue and intimidate the client by overwhelming them with a lot of information at the same time to disrupt their thought process.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 03:17:58 UTC

5.) Red herring in this case is not a type of smoked fish but is a type of red flag many pseudoscientist use to disrupt the clients though process, a red herring is a piece of information that's given to the client that is meant to be misleading.

1/3 resons to belive

jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 03:19:33 UTC

1.) One reason to believe in these sorts of practices is emotional connection, for example someone trying to talk to a passed family member maybe under the influence of their emotions which mentioned before makes then vulnerable leading them to make improper decisions.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 03:27:22 UTC

2.) The unexplained, if a client seems unsure to the point of interest in a topic is something a pseudoscientist can use against them, this is due to the appeal of the unexplained to a person which could be a reason to fall trap to the practice.

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jacksonsmith2_5 — 2024-02-10 03:29:50 UTC

3.) Ideology, sometimes as unrealistic as it may seem a lot of people truly believe in the pseudoscience practice as it is, for example astrology and the star signs are all things people do deeply believe in.