Unit 5 Critical Thinking Exercises

1. Before reading this information about the Bermuda Triangle, what did you know about this area in the ocean? Was there a conspiracy woven through the stories or theories you knew of?

2. How does information from false experts play a part in the pseudo-theories?

3. Why are personal testimonies and eyewitness accounts not considered satisfactory evidence in a court of law or in scientific research? Do anecdotes have a place in either setting? Why or why not?