https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz By Jake Ballennie en-us 2017-10-16 16:53:50 UTC 2024-05-27 20:52:45 UTC hello@padlet.com jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197461549 Made by Jake Ballennie, working individually.]]> 2017-10-16 16:55:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197461549 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197462033 Definition:
'Science' that has been used since the ancient times, usually associated with alternative science. Age is not more important than results.

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This website demonstrates Ancient Wisdom because despite modern day medical practices, people are still using bloodletting as a form of treatment. They believe this will help even though it has been discredited .


]]> 2017-10-16 16:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197462033 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197470092 Definition:
Remembering events that appeal to you and your thoughts/beliefs while forgetting or disregarding events that go against it.

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This site demonstrates Confirmation Bias by explaining how psychics use this red flag to scam and lie to clients. Psychics know what their clients want to hear, and heavily play on that factor to get the client to believe what they're saying.

]]> 2017-10-16 17:11:01 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197470092 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197473469 Definition:
When celebrities or famous people use their platform promote something (usually fake or unproven), and people believe them, no matter their scientific background.

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Everyone's favourite giant thumb and right-wing, angry conspiracy theorist Alex Jones sells growth supplements, constantly promoting them during his "Infowars" show. He claims that they help you build muscle, but not only do they not work, they are extremely expensive.]]> 2017-10-16 17:17:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197473469 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197477447 Definition: 
The belief that because something says "All  natural" , that means its healthy and its going to work. Not everything that is all natural is good for you or is an instant cure for all your problems.

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Alex Jones is mentioned again in this article, but I'm focusing on this "Moon Juice" that is recommended by Gwyneth Paltrow. This juice is 38 dollars and makes you better at sex? what? None of the descriptions of any of these 'juices' actually tell you how this is going to happen.]]> 2017-10-16 17:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197477447 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197488185 Definition:
When a cause uses marches, campaigns, pickets, legal systems and so on to promote something that usually doesnt have any scientific backup.

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This article describes the damage that the anti-vaccine movement has caused. Despite all the evidence that vaccines cause no harm, this movement uses their campaigns and marches to say otherwise, and as a result, 164,000 people die a year.


]]> 2017-10-16 17:43:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197488185 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197493377 Definition:
Belief in "invisible agents", and believing in events caused by said agents. (ghosts, god, demons, etc.)

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This website shows off some of the scariest haunted houses in America. People are afraid to go near or enter places that are deemed haunted because they think spirits will haunt or attack them.]]> 2017-10-16 17:52:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197493377 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197500749 Definition:
Actions, thoughts, goals, expectations, based on someones belief or ideas, often seen in religion.

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This image shows picketers from the Westboro Baptist Church, claiming that gays are evil, among many other things. Many people, especially from the LGBTQ community, are harassed and often killed because some people have overzealous beliefs. Some of these beliefs include that gay people are from hell, and that they should be killed.

]]> 2017-10-16 18:04:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197500749 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197506998 Definition:
Seeing patterns in pictures.
Ex: There is a church in halifax where you can see the shape of someone's head, and people believe it is a ghost.

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This website explains why we constantly see patterns and see images that might not be there. Why some people see jesus on toast, or some people claim to hear the dead.]]> 2017-10-16 18:15:14 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197506998 jballennie https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197511429 2017-10-16 18:22:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jballennie/67yn75ykqarz/wish/197511429