The red flag confirmation bias is when one uses their pre-existing beliefs to collect or interpret information in way to confirm that belief. Example past experiences affecting future decisions. 

 

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This video has to do with confirmation bias because it talks about how people still think the world is flat even after there is proof that it is not. This shows that people who believe the world is flat will find any or all information to prove their pre-existing point. 

The red flag appeal to authority is using quotes or information from people of authority to prove your point instead of using real world evidence. Using a scientist or doctor to get a point across.

 

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This video is an example of appeal to authority because it reviews the topic of climate change and how people use information from the new and other sources about it being a huge factor in today’s world. Yet, this video exposes that because it shows that there is no real evidence because most of the worries addressed by scientists have yet to be proven.

The red flag ancient wisdom is the thought that treatments or beliefs must be right because they have been around a long time. Example Alternative medical therapy. 

 

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This picture has to do with the red flag of ancient wisdom because the Mayan’s believed that the world was going to end in 2012 from a calendar that was made thousands of years ago. This is considered ancient wisdom because they used that very old calendar to predict future world events.

The red flag of suppression by authority is when someone of power or a group with power limit or stop the production or teaching of something that could help civilization.

 
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This video is an example of suppression by authority because it shows that many scientists have found a cure for cancer but people are wondering why they have always been hidden, this also is a conspiracy thought up by most of the general population.

The red flag red herrings can be defined as using information that is irrelevant from the topic to help distract from the real information at hand.

 

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This video is a great example of a red herring because they use the question asked to go completely off topic and still people are happy even though their questions were not answered.

 

 

Connection: This image demonstrates the ideology belief because the two animals represent the Democratic and Republican political parties. Political ideology will affect the way the individuals perceives their surroundings and the way they respond to pseudoscience.

 

Connection: This image demonstrates the unexplained belief because it displays the Loch Ness Monster. The Loch Ness monster is the perfect example of the unexplained belief. People believe they have seen a large creature living in Loch Ness, Scotland. There has been no evidence to the existence of this creature but people still try to explain the unexplained.

 

 

Connection: This video demonstrates the emotional connection belief because it shows a connection between a robin and her lost son. This connect was made because she wanted to believe that her son was still around, her rational judgement was distorted because of her emotional connection.