https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e GNED 1515 – Assignment 2 en-us 2017-04-02 21:31:56 UTC 2023-01-27 19:08:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Send.png christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164198964 A crop circle is a pattern created by flattening a crop, as you can see in the image below. Some crop circles are so intricate that many people believe it is impossible that a human could have created it. Crop circles are unexplained and that is why some people choose to believe that they are created by aliens. Although There is evidence of human causation in many instances.  ]]> 2017-04-02 21:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164198964 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164200791 The reason many people believe that crop circles aren't just a hoax is the accuracy and flawlessness of the shapes and lines inside the circle. Sometimes these formations appear overnight or even during the day and many people find it hard to believe. The intricacy of these circles distract people from evidence that shows that many of these circles have been man made with machinery, even large ones like in the picture below. This is an example of red herring (a pseudoscience red flag).]]> 2017-04-02 22:14:13 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164200791 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164201751 Colin Andrew, a crop circle researcher has stated that over 80% of crop circles are probably man made. Some people go as far as thinking that extraterrestrials are responsible, some even think the earth is creating these formations as a way of warning mankind. Some people have an emotional connection to these formations and simply just want to believe that there is a further explanation for crop circles when there is not.]]> 2017-04-02 22:33:31 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164201751 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164202537 The following website states that crop circles may have been a result of fairies or the devil. This is an example of ideology. People who are religious may choose to believe that crop circles are a result of the devil because it may coincide with their religious beliefs. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/10217151/Crop-circles-demystified-how-the-patterns-are-created.html]]> 2017-04-02 22:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164202537 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164204949 Subjects in this video try to explain that "some form of intelligence" has created the formations because of the size, shape and accuracy. There is no evidence to support that any form of intelligence is responsible, therefore a statement like this can't be made. Crop circles are unexplained. ]]> 2017-04-02 23:34:20 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164204949 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164205729 This video and the beliefs that coincide with it are a great example of belief in agents such as aliens. Nobody really knows what the hovering white things in the video were or if the video had been edited to look the way it does. The creator of the video was quick to assume that UFO's were in the footage but the floating blobs above the field are completely unexplained. ]]> 2017-04-02 23:45:01 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164205729 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164208169 It is very clear that the participants in this "operation blackbird" have quite the emotional connection (reason to believe) to their work which is clearly blurring their rational thought.Without any evidence the members of this group do not believe the crop circles to be hoaxes. They believe some form of intelligence is responsible. This is quite outrages to make a claim like this without any supporting evidence. ]]> 2017-04-03 00:12:27 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164208169 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164208947 This article is interesting because it explains all of the theories behind how crop circle could possibly be made. Horny hedgehogs running in circles, the devil, aliens, hoaxers, ghosts and even bigfoot have been suspected of creating these circles. The name of the article leads people to believe that crop circles have a true explanation, but in reality they are unexplainable. ]]> 2017-04-03 00:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164208947 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164210078 The University student who wrote this article was making statements such as "There's good evidence that aliens have been defacing the earth's surface with geological grafitti for a very long time." without actually having any evidence to support it. The above statement is a good example of agenticity or confirmation bias. This student clearly believes in aliens even though the evidence that they exist is missing. ]]> 2017-04-03 00:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164210078 christopher_third https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164212660 2017-04-03 01:04:18 UTC https://padlet.com/christopher_third/8e1q4km16q9e/wish/164212660