BELIEVE IT OR NOT

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BELIEVE IT OR NOT
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Bermuda Triangle
Telepathy
X-files
Loch Ness Monsters
UFOs
Corn Circles
Paranormal wonders
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REKINDLEOUR QUEST FOR TRUTH
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Read the following passages and find out whether
theyre true or not.
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What it is Evidence for Evidence vs
Bermuda Triangle An area of sea where planes and ships disappear Many disasters documented, e.g. flight 19-5planes vanished for no reason. Lieutenant unfamiliar with area, 2 compasses malfunctioned, lost with too little fuel.
Corn Circles Circles appearing in crop fields Many appear in fields 12 teams created circles at night proving they could be done by hoaxers.
Crypto-zoology Study of mysterious creatures, e.g. Loch Ness Monster, yeti Photos signtings of Nessie Photos could be duplicated with models or computer enhanced negatives, yeti could be a bear.
UFOs Unidentified flying objects Many accounts, e.g. Arnold (47) saw a moving object, Adamske met a Vennsian Most solar systems are 200 light years away. This would make visits very infrequent
Cold Reading Dead people speaking through a medium Listeners are impressed, messages seem to be for them General statements are made which could apply to anyone, some guesses are inevitably correct. Mrs Strokes husband related information to her, customers has paid money and is anxious to succeed
Psychic Detectives Psychics assist with police enquiries Mediums do seem to strike lucky, e.g. Nella Jones drew a killers face and described where he worked and lived and predicted 2 more murderers Her drawing bore no resemblance and she was wrong about the address and the murder
Telepathy Communication between 2 people without using the 5 senses 25 of Americans claim to have a telepathic experience e.g. knowing who is on the phone It is not surprising we can occasionally guess who is calling, we tend to forget wrong guesses, not a single repeatable controlled experiment has been performed.
Biorhythms Our lives are dominated by 3 fixed cycles which begin on our birthday. Allegedly tested by 3 researchers All evidence stolen, a 1979 study found no evidence.
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WHAT HAVE WE DONE JUST NOW?

• Defining?
• Explaining?

• Justifying?
• Giving evidence?

convince others!
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Can you work out a flow chartto visualise the
QUEST FOR TRUTH?
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TOPIC (Define)
PROBLEM(discuss)
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JUSTIFICATION
explanation
Evidence
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Experience you shared
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convinced