https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo Assignment No. 1 written by Emmalee Bennett en-us 2018-10-08 12:32:15 UTC 2025-11-21 17:42:49 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Dartstarget.png bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290264992 Welcome to my Padlet wall where I, Em Bennett, will be briefly reviewing and analyzing some 
Pseudoscience basics. My journal entries represent my learning throughout time. Relating objects are stapled to the corresponding entry. All discoveries documented are written by Emmalee Bennett. I've created an ongoing list of topics I've covered.]]> 2018-10-08 12:46:45 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290264992 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372344 Patternicity is a term coined to describe the survival technique to look for patterns, thus finding meaningful statements in meaningless patterns.]]> 2018-10-08 16:09:57 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372344 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372624 Emotional connections to these beliefs encourage us to believe. Emotions are found to blur one's reasoning and obscure thoughts.]]> 2018-10-08 16:10:38 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372624 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372697 Perception and of images and observations of life are highly subjective; varying from person to person. Memories are susceptible to psychological beliefs. ]]> 2018-10-08 16:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372697 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372848 Confirmation bias refers to the tendency for humans to favour information supporting their beliefs. Information that challenges their values is likely to be discarded.]]> 2018-10-08 16:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290372848 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290380853 A Reason to Believe
- vol. 1: Patternicity [object]
- vol. 2: Emotional Connections [object]
- vol. 3: Perception & Observation [object]

The Deceitful Ways
- vol. 1: Confirmation Bias [object]
- vol. 2: Ancient Wisdom [object]
- vol. 3: All Natural [object]
- vol. 4: Appeal to Authority [object]
- vol. 5: Proof by Verbosity [object]

Skeptical Journalism]]> 2018-10-08 16:27:24 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290380853 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391510 Ancient wisdom is exactly as it sounds. Wisdom, not facts, from an ancient time, ie. no longer relevant. Medicinal remedies in the past were not proven wrong because they didn't the technology to do so. In modern days, we have technology to prove modern methods right. ]]> 2018-10-08 16:49:10 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391510 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391612 All natural remedies are being favoured for being all natural - whether or not they work. It is seemed to be believed that anything naturally found on earth is beneficial to an individual's health, and nothing manmade could be.]]> 2018-10-08 16:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391612 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391645 Appeal to authority is used manipulatively within humans. A social hierarchy has created levels of authority in which they obey. Thus, humans fall for whatever the 'professional' says.]]> 2018-10-08 16:49:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391645 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391659 Proof by verbosity is announcing factoids, too complex or too much, to reasonably deal. This method seems to overpower the average human quite quickly.]]> 2018-10-08 16:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391659 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391891 2018-10-08 16:50:02 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290391891 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290395958 A collection of beliefs (thoughts, values, behaviours, etc.) mistakenly understood as being based on scientific method.]]> 2018-10-08 16:58:40 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290395958 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290428201 The satisfying knowledge of knowing you have so many fish (pieces of knowledge) - regardless of their worth - is better than having a bowl with two fish of great value.]]> 2018-10-08 18:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290428201 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290434588 Many advanced individuals notice the resemblance of this fallen leaf, to the hard inside body of their own kind. This, to me, is a morbid association. Firstly, that leaf is upside-down. Secondly, seeing a shape in a leaf does not mean anything.]]> 2018-10-08 18:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290434588 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290438863 When emotions are involved, and thought processes are skewed. Once life dies, it ceases to preform any lively activity, including communicate. A human's attachment to this life will convince them to believe otherwise, devoting time and money into said practices.]]> 2018-10-08 18:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290438863 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290443887 Memories may only be successfully encoded, stored, and retrieved if the subject was paying attention during the moment. Age, medication and concentration, all affect this process. If a memory is not processed successfully, the subject may announce wrongful information, believing it is correct.

]]> 2018-10-08 18:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290443887 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290462005 Humans are brilliant creatures with one common desire: to be right. Any information that will confirm an already existing belief within the individual will be far more enticing than the opposite.]]> 2018-10-08 19:17:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290462005 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290472062 The average human life span in 1911 was about 52 years old. Today, in 2018, it is 79 years. Prehistoric humans display understanding that not all natural items are beneficial to survival. Maybe that got lost along the way.]]> 2018-10-08 19:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290472062 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290478365 Modern humans have a plethora of gizmos and gadgets to pass time, and by the looks of it, the prehistorics did not. They seem to have passed time by drawing shapes in the stars. They even assigned meaning to it. What a fun game it seems to be, based on imagination rather than science.]]> 2018-10-08 20:06:50 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290478365 bennaemma https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290484201 In both the advertising world, and the social world, humans show continuous respect for anyone in a suit - obeying anything they say and assuming interest in every topic.]]> 2018-10-08 20:28:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bennaemma/pseudo/wish/290484201