Paranormal & Pseudoscience: Red Flags and Reasons for Belief? by Jessica Burns https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y by Jessica Burns en-us 2019-09-26 23:21:34 UTC 2023-03-28 18:51:53 UTC hello@padlet.com Assignment Number One jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390328379 Made by Jessica Burns, working alone.]]> 2019-09-26 23:22:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390328379 Red Flag #1: Confusing Correlation & Causation jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329474 Definition:
Confusing correlation with causation is when two things correlate and one is thought to be the cause.
 
Connection:
In this clip from the show "Friends" Joey believes that the fridge broke because Rachel moved in. This is showing that two things correlate but the one is not the cause of the other. 

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]]> 2019-09-26 23:28:48 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329474 Red Flag #2: Red Herring jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329521 Definition:
Red herring is when information that is off topic is used to distract the listener from the original topic. 

Connection:
In this clip from the show "Family Guy" the citizen asked the Mayor a question. Instead of answering the question the Mayor talks off topic distracting the audience from the original question.

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]]> 2019-09-26 23:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329521 Red Flag #3: Appeal to Authority jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329554 Definition:
Appeal to authority is when someone of authority (celebrity, a professional in their given field, a parent, teacher, boss, or even someone who is dressed nicely) promotes a product, idea, etc.

Connection:
This commercial shows Jennifer Aniston (celebrity) promoting the use of Aveeno. People will make people believe that Jennifer uses Aveeno and that they should too.

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]]> 2019-09-26 23:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329554 Red Flag #4: Proof by Verbosity jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329633 Definition:
Proof by verbosity is an argument that is too "verbose" meaning "using more words than are needed" or complicated for the other person to reply or understand.

Connection:
In this picture I found it is showing how someone might verbose a simple comment such as "my leg".

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]]> 2019-09-26 23:29:49 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329633 Red Flag #5: Suppression by Authority jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329663 Definition:
Suppression by authority is when people believe that people of authority (government officials, military leaders,etc) are hiding information from the public. 

Connection:
In this video it shows individuals talking about government officials hiding information regarding vaccines. 

Object:]]> 2019-09-26 23:30:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329663 Reason for Belief #1: Emotional Connection jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329766 Definition:
Emotional connection is when you believe in or want to believe in something because it has emotional meaning to you. This sometimes makes you only see information you want to see because your perception is blurred and irrational due to emotions.

Connection:
In this youtube video from "buzzfeed" a medium contacts the dead relatives of these people. At the end of the video the one lady says "its really hard to say that this medium stuff is real, but its real". This to me shows that she believes because of the emotional connection to the relative the medium spoke with.

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]]> 2019-09-26 23:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329766 Reason for Belief #2: Patternicity jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329834 Definition:
Patternicity is the error of seeing something that is not really there or the tendency of seeing meaningful patterns in meaningless noise.

Connection:
In the picture below you may see a smiling face, this is patternicity. What is really in the image is three birds flying.

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]]> 2019-09-26 23:31:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329834 Reason for Belief #3: Unexplained jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329856 Definition:
Unexplained is something we can not explain, believing in something, even without proof, because no one has an alternative explanation. 

Connection:
Crop circles are the unexplained. Because we can not explain where these came from, most believe that they were made by Aliens, but there is no proof.

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]]> 2019-09-26 23:31:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390329856 Critical Analysis jessicab98_jb https://padlet.com/jessicab98_jb/ca43vx6yfb7y/wish/390330275 I chose to evaluate "Behind the Curve" a documentary directed by Daniel J. Clark which aired in 2018. You can view the official trailer here: https://youtu.be/gDkWt4Rl-ns 

Define Problem: 
Is the Earth flat or a sphere?

Gather Information:
This movie revolves mainly around "flat Earth" Mark Sargent and his life as an active member of the flat Earth society. The evidence and points of view argued are all in favour of the earth being flat.   

Evaluate Evidence:
The source is reliable, but all the facts they shared were all pro-flat earth. They did not successfully disprove that the earth is round.

Recognize Assumptions, Emotions, Biases: 
The personal assumptions, emotions, and bias are that Mark Sargent is a flat earther. He believes that the earth is flat and therefore the proof he, and this documentary present are in favour of the earth being flat.

Synthesize Evidence, Identify Alternatives: 
Alternative Solution 1: The Earth is flat and scientists have been lying about Earth’s shape for unknown reasons.
Alternative solution 2: The Earth is round and scientist have enough evidence to gain approval for this fact to be taught in schools.

Select Best Alternative:  
Based off of the evidence provided throughout history, I conclude that the Earth is in fact spherical in shape.

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