https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p by Evan Misick en-us 2019-02-10 18:22:16 UTC 2023-03-29 16:16:43 UTC hello@padlet.com misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329630647 Made by Evan Misick, working individually ]]> 2019-02-10 18:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329630647 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329630830 Definition:
The red flag confirmation bias is a human trait that everyone has. It is the tendency to seek out information that heavily favours and confirms your pre-existing view point while not seeking or even ignoring any valid points that may oppose you.

Connection:
An example of confirmation bias is in politics. You have the right side and the left side. The oxford definition for a right sided politician is one who opposes socialism and social democracy while a left sided politician would favour them. A person who favours one side or the other would often agree with their side while ignoring valid view points of the opposing side because of their pre existing beliefs.

]]> 2019-02-10 18:24:18 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329630830 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329637308 Definition:
Appeal to authority is described as the use of an authority figure of high status or power to insist that a claim is true simply because the authority figure or expert on the argument said it is to be true

Connection:
An example of appeal to authority is in professional sports. The picture below is a photo of the professional soccer player Christiano Ronaldo who is supposedly the best soccer player in the world at this moment. Because he is endorsed by the sports company Nike, he will tell everyone that Nike is the best sports wear and where you should buy all your sports equipment. Christiano is high authority figure so someone people might say because he is the best you have to buy all the products he uses to make you better.


]]> 2019-02-10 19:13:13 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329637308 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329641442 Definition:
The red flag ancient wisdom is the use of traditions or practices that were used back in ancient times because of the belief of that those practices are superior to the practices used in the modern day because "it's the way it's always been".

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An example of ancient wisdom is the Mayan calendar. The Mayan Calendar ended on December 12th, 2012 and most people predicted that the apocalypse was coming and that the world was going to come to an end, but that was not the case. There was no reason or evidence to believe the Mayans but those who did fall for this believed that the Mayans knew something we did not.]]> 2019-02-10 19:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329641442 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329646721 Definition:
The red flag mystic energy is used people who believe that some objects in like rocks or jewelry have the power to heal or suppress emotions.

Connection:
This picture is linked to a website that sells inspirational jewelry, healing crystals and tumbled stones. This website claims that the tumbled stones have its own unique energetic and metaphysical properties. They claim that these tumbled gemstones have the physical and emotional support that you need. Whether this is true or not some people believe in it and others don't.

]]> 2019-02-10 20:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329646721 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329647559 Definition
Red herring is the act of bringing up an irrelevant topic in a discussion or argument to divert the attention of those present from the original issue.

Connection:
This video shows how the politician in this animated television show diverts the attention from the originally asked question. The original question was about increasing the garbage pickup during the week but then the question gets diverted because he started to talk about how it is good to ask questions, but failed to answer the original question which was about garbage pick up.

]]> 2019-02-10 20:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329647559 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329647633 Definition:
Patternicity is described as seeing something when it is not really there or finding meaning in a meaningless thing.

Connection:
Patternicity is shown in this cloud because some could say that it looks like a dinosaur while others might not be able to see it. The brain tricks us into seeing things that are not really present like in this picture.

]]> 2019-02-10 20:20:52 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329647633 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329648150 Definition:
Simplicity is belief that something that happened by coincidence is believed to be connected to some psychic power.

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This is a picture of 2 minds communicating. Some people might think they have the power of telepathy because they claim to know what the other person is thinking. Even though there is no physical proof they could still consider themselves telepathic, but it could just be a coincidence. ]]> 2019-02-10 20:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329648150 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329648332 Definition:
Ideology is a collection of ideas that an individual or group have which is the basis of their beliefs and values.

Connection:
The article down below is about the changes that the Premiere of Ontario, Doug Ford made to the Ontario Student Assistant Program. The article describes how Doug Ford cut free tuition for low income students, changed the grant-to-loan ratio, got rid of the six month grace period after graduation and more. His belief is that it will benefit future students.

 

]]> 2019-02-10 20:24:30 UTC https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329648332 misickevan https://padlet.com/misickevan/dg3b8ak68c5p/wish/329648473 I chose to evaluate the article "Multiple Changes To OSAP Were Announced Today, This Is How They Will Affect Ontario Students"

Extraordinary claim:
Does the new Ontario Student Assistant Plan(OSAP) Benefit Everyone?

Gather Information:
This article was in response to all the OSAP changed that Doug Ford has made. It states all the changes that he made and the new OSAP rules and regulations that will be put in place.

Evaluate Evidence:
The article states that most students are outraged about the six month grace period that got taken away. The six month grace period is that you will not be charged interest for the first six months after graduation.With this grace period taken away, you will be charged interest on your student loan right out of school whether or not you have a job lined up after you graduate.

Recognize, assumptions, emotions, biased:
Assumptions based on this report is that these changes do more harm than benefit the students and doesn't benefit all students who need these loans, but only a portion of them.

Synthesize Evidence, Identify Alternatives:
Alternative #1: Revert to the original OSAP rules and regulations
Alternative #2: Make new rules and regulations that benefit all students

Select Best Alternative:
I believe that alternative 1 which would be to return to the original OSAP rules would be the best alternative



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