PHI103 Week 4 – Discussion 1
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Science and Explanations [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]
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Prepare: Watch the video about a man who devoted his life to exposing hoaxes and fakers For more information (and entertainment), you are welcome to watch clips from the film about how he did it.
Reflect: Think about how many hoaxes and fakes are available to us today, including on the internet, and choose a specific example of interest to you. If you are having a tough time thinking of one, you can check out many examples on websites such as http://hoaxes.org/
Write: Within your post:
- share an example of an interesting hoax of faker. Include a link or bibliographical information for the source.).
- Discuss some or all of the following:
- What was the nature of the trick?
- How many people seemed to ‘fall for it’?
- What mistakes in reasoning did they commit (if any)?
- Was the hoax or fake ever debunked (and how)?
- Do you think that you would have fallen for it if you had been there (why or why not)?
- What kinds of tricks are we exposed to in our everyday lives and how can we learn not to fall for them?
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