https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy By Victoria Buckmaster en-us 2018-09-20 18:25:28 UTC 2024-10-25 19:28:16 UTC hello@padlet.com vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284092102 A look at pseudoscience, red flags to look for, possible reasons for belief and critical thinking skills!
By Victoria Buckmaster, working individually.]]> 2018-09-20 18:32:20 UTC https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284092102 vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284092866 Definition:
Confirmation bias is peoples tendency to remember events in a way that coincides with their personal beliefs, while ignoring anything that goes against their personal beliefs.

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When anyone visits a psychic or palm reader - or anyone who boasts about being able to see their past and/or future. They have a tendency to only remember the things that coincide with what they believed they were in the past, or what they believe will be in their future.

]]> 2018-09-20 18:33:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284092866 vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284103203 Definition:
When a product will get someone of a more authoritative image - a doctor, a celebrity - to endorse their product and lend their image to it in order to sell it better and make people believe the product either works or is the best option.

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The picture below demonstrates appeal to authority as this ad has Kim Kardashian - an internationally recognized and followed celebrity - lending her authoritative and influential image to help sell the product (by endorsing it). By boasting about the product, many of her followers will try it because of their love for and influence by Kim Kardashian.

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When people claim something is based off of mystical energies that will help heal you or make you better in some way.

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The website below exemplifies mystical energy as it discusses acupuncture. And how there's no actual proof behind it having it an actual root in science, but rather in the idea that it's rooted in the act of putting needles in certain points of the body and allowing the "mystical energy" to flow through the person to help heal them and alleviate pain.

]]> 2018-09-20 19:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284117499 vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284121228 Definition:
When people claim something to be beneficial to your health because it is all natural or contains only natural ingredients therefore rendering it automatically healthy.

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The website below connects to the all natural pseudoscience because it discusses all natural things that can harm or kill humans. Making it clear that not everything listed as all natural is actually good for people. Meaning you should definitely look into a product before you buy/use it!

]]> 2018-09-20 19:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284121228 vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284123762 Definition:
When people confuse causation with correlation due to the fact that an event happened at exactly or roughly the same time. Meaning the event caused something, when really it simply correlated with the event.

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The connection of the comic below is that is a perfect example of confusion of causation and correlation. Because he receives the email after leaving the cubicle, he believes that this is causing it (his employee sends it) when really the two events just correlate with one another.

]]> 2018-09-20 19:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/284123762 vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/288414107 Definition:
As part of our natural survival instinct, people have a tendency to look for patterns in every day life/ordinary objects.

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This rock, located on Prince Edward Island, was appropriately named Elephant Rock. This is due to people having the tendency to see patterns in inanimate objects, therefore when most people look at the rock they see the shape of an elephant.]]> 2018-10-03 00:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/288414107 vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/288417380 Definition:
People's tendency to assign meaning, intention or agency to invisible being.

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The website below connects to agenticity because it discusses the Illuminati. Which is a "secret society of people looking to start a new world order". Which is a conspiracy theory, and people assigning meaning to the invisible group and believe that they are real and will start said new world order.]]> 2018-10-03 00:36:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/288417380 vicbuckmaster https://padlet.com/vicbuckmaster/x3028yxpalxy/wish/288418390 Definition:
Ideology is a set of ideas that often set the basis for beliefs and/or decisions.

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Religion. The picture below is of a crucifix which is the symbol of some religions. Religion is often people living their lives a certain way, and doing certain things, in order to appease some form of deity. Based off the ideas of religion, being a good person, god and heaven. 
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