Hoaxes, Tricks,and fakers

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/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

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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The artificially dirty egg by the Dutch egg board is a good example of a hoax. It all began after the Dutch egg industry noted a fall in the sales of eggs during the year 1973. After a thorough investigation of the situation, it was known that this issue was brought about by the grocery-store customers. They did not like the antiseptic look of the factory-cleaned eggs placed on the shelves. This look of sparkling clean eggs to the shoppers denoted the unhealthy lifestyle of today’s life.

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