The idea of Simplicity is to have a straightforward explanation of a phenomenon or occurrence rather than overcomplicating it. simplicity is not necessarily bad just because it is the simple way. It is just that it makes it more understandable and easier to believe. 

In this image, we can see an example of simplicity, which shows the more difficult way to get to the other side of the dot compared to the simpler and easy way, which is just a straight line instead of taking a lot of turns that are unnecessary

The Ancient Wisdom red flag is based on the idea of myths and often old religious beliefs. Ancient wisdom is believing in or doing something that was invented in the long past that has not been proven scientifically to be true. People use this red flag to persuade something to be true just because it has been around for a long time.

A common example of the Ancient Wisdom red flag would be people sleeping with Dream Catchers above their bed to protect them from negative dreams or thoughts while sleeping. This idea around this item comes from the Ojibwa culture and has been used often since the 1800s. The dream catcher seeks to filter dreams while you are asleep, trapping all negative thoughts and only letting the positive ones through. Still to this day, many people sleep with these over their beds all around the world.

The Red Herring red flag is a tactic that uses irrelevant information to distract the viewer from hearing facts. It is commonly a piece of information that is intended to be misleading to the viewer so they don't hear the main facts but get distracted instead. Typically it diverts an argument away from a proper solution.

An interesting example of the Red Herring red flag would be in the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino). This film is set back in 1960’s Hollywood and explores the fall of Famous movie star Rick Dalton and his stunt double, best friend, Cliff Booth careers. Although the majority of the film is about Rick Dalton and Cliff Booth, there is a third character who has her own story going on throughout the film. Sharon Tate’s character and story are played around her famous Hollywood career and leaves the audience wondering if the ending is going to relate to the Manson murders. (Sharon Tate was the victim of the tragic and well-known Manson Murders). This is a Red Herring because Tarantino ends up misleading the viewer by not ending Sharon Tate’s story in a gruesome way, but instead, Rick Dalton is the victim when he is attacked in his home. Tarantino uses this character to mislead the viewer with a different plot that never correlates with the main plot.

Patternicity is defined as a habit of finding meaningful patterns in mostly sounds or images. One example is looking up at the stars to spot, repeating shapes in the sky. There is a common belief when you see recurring patterns You are able to make an educated prediction based on those patterns. A lot of psychics are able to make predictions based on this such as repeating patterns of behavior or speech.

In this picture, we see an example of patternicity in the tree, because there are shapes in this tree that make the tree look like it has a face on it.

The Proof by Verbosity red flag is a tactic that creates an illusion of comprehensiveness and knowledge while not addressing the main facts. It is giving quantity over quality and making the viewer think you know everything there is without actually addressing what is important. It is often used in arguments or when someone does not know the answer to a question but makes the viewer think they know what they are talking about by speaking a lot on the topic.

This is a prime example of the red flag Proof of Verbosity being displayed in the famous TV show, Breaking Bad (Vince Gilligan). This show follows brilliant high school chemistry teacher Walter White’s life after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. With his remaining time left, he uses his chemistry skills to cook methamphetamine and leave money behind for his family when he dies by becoming a ruthless drug kingpin. In this scene, his wife Skyler is worried about his safety as he is involved with the cartel. After asking Walter if he is safe, instead of answering the question simply, he lashes out at her by throwing as much information as he can at her. He does this to persuade her into believing that he is safe without simply answering her question.

The Ideological Support Red Flag is the idea of using campaigns or marketing to enforce ideologies over science. This is often used to persuade people into something because it resides with an opinion or belief of the subject rather than getting into the scientific research around it, which is often false news.

A great example of society using the red flag Ideological Support would be the Black Lives Matter Movement. This campaign was started as a hashtag and has risen to become one of, if not the most successful campaign known all around the world. This movement has even made a lot of society afraid of their own government and police force and has changed how people with power act now. The people are what keep this movement going and it is something that will be around forever based on an ideology that got the support from society to become what it is today. 

In this article, a person talks about feeling a ghost's presence and seeing a ghost. ghosts are commonly associated with unexplained mysteries, because there is a lot of scientific proof behind them, which makes a lot of people believe in them, and a lot of people do not believe in them, but for the people that do believe in them, there is usually no scientific proof that someone’s soul could wander around after death.

This reliance on impressive-sounding words can be especially effective in fields where people don't have the necessary knowledge to understand what is being said. When individuals encounter confusing scientific terminology, they often feel hesitant to question or challenge what is being said. They may believe that they simply lack the expertise to add to the discussion, assuming that the person using these terms must know what they're talking about.