PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pseudoscience, Apophenia, The Bible Code (Book)
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A set of claims that appears scientific but isn"t. Exaggerated claims: if it sounds too good to be true, e. g. Lose weight by listening to our messages while you sleep www. innertalk. com. Claims of scientific proof but no link to actual research: no citations of credible scientific research. *real science papers will not have proven (will use supports, suggests, etc. Confirmation bias: will remember things that support the cause, ignores things that doesn"t. Silence of testimonial/anecdotes: apophenia seeing patterns in random events. Gambler"s fallacy: tendency for people to see links between past and future events at times when past events are completely independent from future events (e. g. i"m due for a win! ) Psyc 101 09/15/2014: there is a code embedded in the old testament bible that can predict important dates, don"t notice non-events as much, failing to use probabilistic information. Overweighing vividness: will remember special events, the lottery, humans remember the hits and not the misses .
