Assignment 1 by Maitri Dave https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t by Maitri Dave en-us 2020-02-10 21:03:26 UTC 2025-12-21 04:14:55 UTC hello@padlet.com Post #1 davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443349790 Title : Assignment 1  
made by: Maitri Dave, working indiviually  ]]> 2020-02-10 21:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443349790 Post #2 Red flag Appeal to Authority (Image) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443454877 Defenation: 
Apepeal to authority means celebrity indorcement which is used to sell products by appealing customer's authority. 
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In this picture product is displayed by Justin Bieber who is very famous singer and they are trying to convince all the teenagers that they can also be famouse and sucssesful if they do as Justine Beiber says.  This is a major red flag as Justin is not a qualified person to say that this product is as good. ]]> 2020-02-11 02:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443454877 Post #3 Red flag Ancient wisdom(Video) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443458489 Definition:

Ancient wisdom means using our old ancient facts to prove something that actually does not exists. These kind of theories applies to some todays facts that were told very long time ago. 
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In this video they have explained some facts which were told hundreds and hundreds of years ago. And they have also tried to state that these facts are true. This is a red flag because they don’t have any evidence but still trying to prove by using ancient fantasies. 

]]> 2020-02-11 02:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443458489 Post #4 Red flag Suprretion by authorities (Artical) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443464327 Definition: 
Suppression by authorities means hiding information using your authorities. This either could be for benefit of public or just to not make a big deal out of it. 
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Sometimes this type of acts can be major issues. As mentioned in article, suppression of information about corona virus led to a very big outbreak of very serious disease.  This diseasee could have been stop or atleast could have taken some steps to avoide this big outbreak if authorities have had realese information about this disease.

]]> 2020-02-11 03:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443464327 Post #5 Red flag Conformation Bias (Video) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443470633 Definition: 
Confirmation bias is where a person tries to find evidence only for things that they already belive. 
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This is a major red flag because a person only proves what he already knows and ignoring the other points that can prove them wrong. These is a red flag because people will try their best and even make other people believe what they do. In this video the person claims that he has seen alien ships, but he doesn’t have any real proof. He has just enough evidence to believe that there is a UFO following him but not enough to prove it to entire human kind.  

]]> 2020-02-11 03:37:05 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443470633 Post #6 Red flag Proof by Verbosity ( video) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443478604 Defenation: 
Proof of verbosity means a claim that has been proved right without enough evidence just because people says so or its very popular. 
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This is a major red flag as it has used by people to earn money which is pseudoscience watch list. In this video there a person who is trying to prove and actually believes that bigfoot is real. He has collected a lot of evidence and it is a very popular belief among north America as no one has questioned this theory. 

]]> 2020-02-11 04:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443478604 Post #7 Reason for belief : Agenticity (Video) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443481542 Defination: 
Agenticity means when we assign meanings to invisible agents and believe that they are true. 
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In this video the lady tries to prove that she was abducted by aliens and she also had alien babies “Humaliens”. This is not provable and it comes on pseudoscience watch list that the claim can not be proven and it is all made up. 


]]> 2020-02-11 04:21:30 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443481542 Post #8 Reason for Belief : Unexplained (Video) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443483868 Defination: 
Unexplained means we see something but there is no understanding of it yet. and we cannot compleatly explain it yet. 
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In this video they have shown 5 things that are simply not explainable and we do not have complete understanding. These mystries are yet to solve. ]]> 2020-02-11 04:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443483868 Post #9 Reason for belief: Ideology ( video) davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443484984 Defination: 
Ideology is set of ideas which are backed up by regious or polotical believes. 
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In this video person believes in heaven and says that he has actually seen it. While he was in coma his subconscious mind took him where he wanted to go and he now believes that god exists and heaven is real. Which are beliefs based on religions. 


]]> 2020-02-11 04:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443484984 Post # 10 Critical Thinking davemaitri8 https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443486528 I choose to evaluate Agenticity Video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3dgRZPkdAQ 
Define the Problem: 
Did  aliens really abducted her or she is just making it all up? 
Gather information: 
This is a video made and aired by studio 10. With all the information she alson mentions that she has 3 kids who are humaliens and pregancy was confirmed by doctors here. But she hasn't provided any of the said proofs. 

Evaluate evidence:
There are none. As shown in video when interviewer asks her for evidence or a selfie she says she didn't have any of it. But she experienced the claims for real. 

Recognise assomptions, emotions, biases: 
In this video that lady is super bias about her kids and all of her claimed experience. She has no evidence for her claims but she is very emotional for her kids and doesn't say much about any evidence being present. 

Identify alternatives: 
Alternative 1: we don't ask for proof and believe what she does and don't try to extend our knowledge about another speices. 
Alternative 2: we try to go to the bottom of her mind and gather as much information as possible about her experience and try to make sense of posibility of another universe. 

Select best alternative: 
I chose we should not believe whatever she says and try to get more information.  ]]> 2020-02-11 04:45:17 UTC https://padlet.com/davemaitri8/gxs191c0aa0t/wish/443486528