Peter Olivastri by Peter OLivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs Made with good vibes en-us 2017-02-11 18:21:30 UTC 2025-05-25 16:09:20 UTC hello@padlet.com Assignment 1 peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233781 By Peter Olivastri]]> 2017-02-11 18:51:00 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233781 Red Flag 1 -Natural (website) peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233802 Definition: The red flag Natural, means people people take something natural and pass it off as healthy or beneficial because its natural.
Connection: The red flag natural is represented here by people trying to profit off of a light inside of a Natural Mineral. The article goes as for to claim these lamps produce negative ions which neutralize harmful ions that can cause cancer.]]> 2017-02-11 18:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233802 Red Flag 5- Suppressed by Authorities (video peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233829 Definition: The red flag Suppressed by Authorities means that organizations such as Governments, and pharmaceutical companies etc are withholding information that could help people.
Connection: There are many people who believe that the government has the cure for cancer but is keeping it quiet.
]]> 2017-02-11 18:52:02 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233829 Red Flag 4- Appeal to Authority peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233836 Definition: The red flag Appeal to Authority means that a famous person, such as an actor, or actress had shared there beliefs on a subject, or promoted a product. As someone who possibly millions of people watch, people tend to side with the celebrity and believe them even if they are educated on the subject or not.
Connection: Charlie Sheen goes public with 9/11 conspiracy theories. while there are many people who believe 9/11 is a conspiracy theory, Charlie being a celebrity made headlines when he opened up about it.]]> 2017-02-11 18:52:09 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233836 Red Flag 3- Ancient Wisdom (article) peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233842 Definition: The red flag Ancient Wisdom refers to when people turn to ancient rituals, medicine, artifacts, etc. People often turn to "ancient wisdom" when modern things such as medicine aren't working.
Connection: 2012. leading up to 2012 many people believed the world was going to end. The reason people thought the world was ending was because of the Mayan calendar. While many did not buy into this, there were some who did.]]> 2017-02-11 18:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233842 Red Flag 2- Conformation Bias peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233850 Definition: The red flag Conformation Bias means that people ignore information that they don't want to hear/see, and only retain the information that supports what they want to here.
Connection: an example of this is how people feel about guns. When something happens like a school shooting the two sides of the argument interpret the information in there own way. One side says "This is why we all need guns" the other side say "this is why we need better gun regulations" ]]> 2017-02-11 18:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233850 Reason for Belief 1- Emotional Connection (website) peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233874 Definition: In hard times our emotions over power our rational thought. For example, someone grieving may begin to try things they didn't believe in such as mediums to contact loved ones.
Connection: This website relates to Emotional Connection because it is aimed at grieving people, letting them know how talking to some one who has passed will help them.]]> 2017-02-11 18:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233874 Reason for Belief 2- Patternicity (website/Pictures) peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233889 Definition: As humans we naturally look for meaningful patterns, such as jesus on various items.
Connection: This website shows how often people connect patterns with Jesus. ]]> 2017-02-11 18:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233889 Reason for Belief 3- Simplicity peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233895 Definition: Simplicity, as a reason to believe means that often scientific evidence is hard to understand so sometimes we just side with what we can understand.
Connection: Horoscopes are an example of simplicity. It might be full of things that don't relate to you but as soon as one thing matches you, you forget about the others. ]]> 2017-02-11 18:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153233895 Critical Thinking peter_olivastri https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153555565 2017-02-13 19:56:45 UTC https://padlet.com/peter_olivastri/j44u5ixm08gs/wish/153555565