https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy How to identify red flags en-us 2019-02-12 00:58:24 UTC 2025-12-18 17:34:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330152940 What are they? 
They're aspects/qualities of pseudoscience that indicate fraud. 

Made by: Ishfaq Kazi]]> 2019-02-12 01:05:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330152940 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330155016 Definition: The use of authority figures as endorsement: Using celebrities, doctors, or basically anyone who can be perceived as influential to drive home the point/message. 

Connection: This is actually commonly used in advertisements. It has been proven that celebrity endorsements compel people to buy a product that they would otherwise have no interest in. They are tricked in to thinking they can be more like the celebrity endorsing the product simply by making the purchase. The following is a shampoo commercial video proving this point. (I'm willing to bet my left leg that Selena Gomez does NOT use Pantene)]]> 2019-02-12 01:16:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330155016 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330156167 Definition: Product or ideology backed by the power of wisdom from the ancient ones/olden days. A good example would be alternative medicine commercials - for example Lakota: ancient medicine passed down from the aboriginals meant to provide joint and muscle pain relief for the arthritic. 

Connection:  The following is a small video of a Lakota commercial; I was unable to find the original infomercial version that goes in to detail about how Lakota is extracted from natural herbs with medicinal properties, but this short ad still does a good job of driving in the subtle hints of ancient wisdom at play ]]> 2019-02-12 01:21:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330156167 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330158521 Definition: Solidifying your belief of something by confirmation of outside material/knowledge without questioning the authenticity of aforementioned material/knowledge.  

Connection: This humorous video perfectly depicts confirmation bias in action in the form of people who believe in their horoscope readings without a second thought. ]]> 2019-02-12 01:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330158521 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330159590 Definition: This is the idea that events which transpire simultaneously are related or caused by each other. An example of this would be the wildly popular belief that vaccination causes autism. 

Connection: The following is a clip from family guy parodying the doctors/researchers who believed that vaccination was directly linked to causing autism in children]]> 2019-02-12 01:37:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330159590 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330160935 Definition: Using all kinds of research and data information to overwhelm the audience in to believing the authenticity of a claim or idea. 

Connection: Just a few decades ago the idea that HIV was contagious and could be passed by simply associating with a carrier was widely known as a fact. The fact that there was scientific research and evidence conducted by doctors(incompetent as they may be) to support these claims was a perfect example of Proof by Verbosity. It is understandable that the general public began believing this since the research provided seemed compelling and was coming from sources of authority(doctors); this coupled with the effects of fear led people to truly believe that HIV was contagious by mere association. Here is the famous clip of Princess Diana's speech on HIV and its contagiousness. ]]> 2019-02-12 01:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330160935 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330171397 Definition: Refers specifically to foods or supplements designed to boost your health with the use of its natural properties.

Connection: The following is a video of a South American based fruit grown on Guyabano trees that is supposedly 10x stronger at killing cancer than chemotherapy]]> 2019-02-12 02:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330171397 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330173481 Definition: In relation to pseudoscience the word energy is used to label pretty much anything that cannot be scientifically explained. Examples of this would be changes in mood being a result of bad energy, or physical ailments being the result of a disturbance in the flow of energy AKA chakra, chi, etc. 

Connection: The following site is a beginner's guide to learning the 7 chakras through which energly flows inside of your body. The belief of chakra has existed for a very long time now. Chakra is depicted from the sanskrit word cakra meaning wheel of circle. Cakra was originally "discovered" by monks devoted to Buddhism and its concepts have been carefully developed over many MANY years. This fact probably plays a part in why people rationalize chakra to be real and not just pseudoscience. ]]> 2019-02-12 02:52:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330173481 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330174075 Definition: Used to push agendas without any scientific reasoning or explanation. Strictly ideology based- mediums used to support ideology would be campaigns, politics, laws, etc. 

Connection: Laws upheld by the government based solely on ideology(in this case religion) are prime examples of the red flag in question here.


]]> 2019-02-12 02:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330174075 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330178498 Definition: These cases are usually classified as conspiracies where the government or an authoritative entity of approximately equal power is concealing the "truth" from the general public. 

Connection: Area 51 is the subject of a notoriously well known conspiracy theory which implies the government is denying the existence of aliens and is in fact running tests and conducting research on aliens/alien spacecrafts inside of area 51. Hundreds of people have reported eye witness claims of UFO activity around Area 51. Obviously many of these claims are false, but some may be genuine in the sense that the eye witness truly believes that what they witnessed was in fact a UFO. In my opinion there are a number of factors that may have been at play for them to think that what they saw was a UFO including state of mind, inebriation, and even simple tricks of the mind like patternicity. The following is a video of a UFO sighting.

]]> 2019-02-12 03:22:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330178498 kazigen11 https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330189831 Authenticity of Evidence: There were hundreds of eye witness reports claiming to have seen UFOs and aliens in or around Area 51. 

Assumptions had to be made that the eye witnesses in question were reporting genuine sightings and not just outright lying for fame/publicity. Emotions were also at play when it came to believing these reports since the people who truly believed that authenticity of these reports were already biased in the subject of the existence of aliens. The UFO sighting video may be considered authentic to the person filming the video. They may believe that they truly caught UFO activity on video, but that is a biased opinion and does not in any way mean that what appears on the video is really UFOs. The only proof one has to go by is the video itself and that is nowhere near compelling enough as evidence to argue with. I doubt these results can be reproduced since I believe that the person filming did not stage the video, but regardless of that fact the claim that this video contains footage of a(n) alien spacecraft(s) needs to be taken with a grain of salt.  ]]> 2019-02-12 04:29:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kazigen11/6k2gsqplfzyy/wish/330189831