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What is “Blue Monday”?

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A name given to a day in January claimed to be the most depressing day of the year - sponsored by sky.

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What is the evidence to support blue Monday?

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  • Samaritans - peak time.
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What is the celebrity worship scale?

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Created by the British Journal 2002 (McCutcheon and Horan).

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What is the celebrity worship scale misinterpreted as?

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  • Celebrity worship syndrome - this dow not exist, daily mail misinterpretation.
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What caused the vaccine scare?

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  • Wakefield study of 12 people - small sample size, findings identify patterns that don’t exist and not repeatable results.
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What did Wakefield’s study result in?

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2002 - 4-5 stories a day.
2004 - Mumps highest recorded.
2005 - MMR vaccine uptake increase of 73%.

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What does it mean for the media to be “balanced”?

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Concerned in media with not picking a side to seem neutral - but in scientific situations gives audience false information with little guidance.

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What does balance outweigh?

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Science.

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What did Swami claim in 2010?

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That scientists knew vaccines caused autism.

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What are 9/11 conspirators associated with?

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  1. Belief in other theories.
  2. Believing these things anyway.
  3. Defying authority.
  4. Political cynicism.
  5. Agreeableness.
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Give an example of how celebrity endorsements influence media coverage for science?

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Kylie Minogue breast cancer rise in monogram bookings.

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What is meant by Pseudoscience?

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A collection of beliefs or practices mistakenly regarded as being based on scientific method.

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What makes experimentations valid?

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  1. Take place in a controlled environment.
  2. Accessible to the public.
  3. Contain peer accountability.
  4. Have an experts opinion.
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What makes experimentation not valid?

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  1. Low grade evidence.
  2. Anecdotes.
  3. No controls.
  4. Secrecy.
  5. Contradicted by well established scientific knowledge.
  6. Nonsense balance .
  7. Bad statistics.
  8. Overemphasising credentials.
  9. Cherry picking.
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Why do people believe fake science?

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  • See patterns where there’s just randomness.
  • See correlation rather than a causal relationship.
  • Believe all media reports.
  • Assess truth based on their prior beliefs.
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How can we avoid bad science?

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  • Check who funded it.
  • Where did it come from?
  • Orignial source.
  • Is it balanced?
  • Is it news worthy?