https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq Paranormal & Pseudoscience en-us 2018-09-21 17:48:09 UTC 2025-12-18 07:16:56 UTC hello@padlet.com emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/284497835 Emily Southwell - Working Individually]]> 2018-09-21 17:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/284497835 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233342 Definition: The use of a respected figure, such as a celebrity or professional, in order to endorse a product or idea by creating trust. The featured figure may or not be as knowledgeable on the concept as they appear to be, but its the idea that creates appeal.
Connection: In this short commercial, viewers are given information about how they can whiten their using Sensodyne ProNamel toothpaste. The speaker, Alison Crane, is presented with the title of "GSK Oral Care District Sales Manager" giving her an authority role that viewers would want to trust information from. She is professionally dressed and is sitting in a sleek office in order to solidify her role. This woman may very well even be an actress with a script and we shouldn't be so quick to trust the product because we automatically seem to trust her insight. ]]> 2018-10-02 16:22:36 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233342 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233550 Definition: The term "all natural" has a common, misinterpreted connotation of being healthy due to the fact that it came from the earth. When in reality, there are numerous substances that are in fact, not healthy and can even be deadly, although they are completely natural.
Connection: In this interview, Urvashi Rangan talks about how, to what low standards, the term "natural" is allowed on food labels. She explains how the word has a different meaning and set of expectations for consumers compared to the FDA. This in depth conversation proves that labels with the term "all natural" on it may not always be good or effective for you, however valid it may seem.]]> 2018-10-02 16:22:55 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233550 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233693 Definition: Believing a presented idea due to the fact that it connects to one's pre-existing beliefs. The idea that people only hear what they want to hear.
Connection: In this drawing, we can see a line of people waiting to enter the movie titled "A Reassuring Lie" while no one is wanting to see the alternative movie"An Inconvenient Truth". This is a great representation of confirmation bias by demonstrating the idea that people only focus on what coincides with their current beliefs, even if it isn't the truth.]]> 2018-10-02 16:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233693 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233959 Definition: Tidbits of irrelevant information that are used as distractions in order to appear relevant to the original subject matter while ultimately avoiding it.
Connection: Family Guy creates a comical yet accurate scene about how electoral candidates are known for using red herrings to avoid questions yet still connect with voters. Mayor West is given a question about a civil matter in the city and responds to it by avoiding the question all together and giving a meaningless answer about how questions bring communities together. ]]> 2018-10-02 16:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288233959 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288234057 Definition: The misinterpretation that something is caused by something else when, in fact, they have no correlation whatsoever.
Connection: In this comic strip we see that the boss is under the belief that his employee is the one repeatedly sending him an anonymous article. His explanation is only based on the fact that he receives it every time he leaves the employees cubicle. Although the two actions may have occurred, it does not mean that there is a connection between the two.]]> 2018-10-02 16:23:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288234057 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288234565 Definition: As humans we want to believe that we can rely on our senses, however that is not always the case. It is easy to misinterpret what we see, hear, remember etc., and our personal experiences may not always be valid.
Connection: The Rubber Hand Illusion is a perfect example of how our perceptions are not always reliable. In the experiment, the woman flinched when the man hit the rubber hand with a hammer. Although she knew that it wasn't actually her hand, her brain was tricked into believing it was and reacted accordingly.
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Connection: In this clip from the TV show Long Island Medium we watch the alleged, TV famous psychic, Teresa, in a session with a grieving mother. Teresa lists a number of different facts about how the mother found her dead son. However, Teresa lists very vague questions and statements and then allows the mother to make her own connection and explains what that means to her. When Teresa lists the months August and October, she didn't say what they meant, only that that she was "getting them" and from there the mother filled in the blanks of the significance of those months to her own personal belief. Teresa also says that she sees the mother putting something up for her son for Christmas this year. It is likely that a mother would still hang something up like a stocking or an ornament for their lost child but because she is so overwhelmed with the loss for her son, it is easy for the mother to only see remarkable connections.

]]> 2018-10-02 16:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288234885 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288234969 Definition: When we don't understand something we try to rationalize it by creating our own explanation or theory behind it. 
Connection: The Bermuda Triangle is one of the world'd biggest mysteries. For years, countless planes and boats have disappeared without a trace while traveling within the triangular area. The phenomenon has inspired many different theories surrounding it, including aliens, the lost city of Atlantis and even alternate dimensions. People are constantly theorizing and debating their own explanations. Scientists have also been exploring for a logical explanation as well but so far have deemed unsuccessful. The lack of explanation for these many disappearances is what inspires the many extraordinary claims surrounding it.]]> 2018-10-02 16:25:21 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288234969 emq_18_24 https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288235281 2018-10-02 16:25:53 UTC https://padlet.com/emq_18_24/nslicnezvapq/wish/288235281