Plants & Human Affairs (BIOL106)  -  Stephen G. Saupe, Ph.D.; Biology Department, College of St. Benedict/St. John's University, Collegeville, MN 56321; ssaupe@csbsju.edu; http://www.employees.csbsju.edu/ssaupe

Bogus Botany Poster Questions

Levitation - Megan

1. What is levitation.
2. What is one of the things a magician must do in order to achieve the optical illusion of levitation? 

Telepathy – Jake

1. What is telepathy?
2. What are some reasons for telepathy not yet being accepted universally as a fact?

Aromatherapy - Tim

1.      What is aromatherapy
2.      Name two ways patients can “take” or “use” aromatherapy.  

Therapeutic Touch - Dustin

1. What is therapeutic touch?
2. What amount of money is offered if you can detect human energy fields? 

Palmistry - Jeff

1. What is palmistry?
2. What was palm reading first used for?

Atlantis: Fact or Fiction - Marc

1. What is the story of Atlantis?
2. Who learned the story of Atlantis from an Egyptian priest?

Superstition – Knock on Wood - Nicolette

1. What does this phrase mean or is it used for?
2. The American phrase “knock on wood” came from a common British phrase.  What is the British version of “knock on wood”?

Bermuda Triangle – Phil

1. What is the Bermuda Triangle?
2. What are the three points of the Bermuda Triangle are between Bermuda,__________  ,and ________?

Bach Flower Remedies - Melissa

1. What are Bach Flower Remedies?
2. How are they made?

Obeah – Danielle

1. What is obeah?
2. Name at least one former British colony that practices Obeah.

Handwriting analysis  - Meghan

1. What is handwriting analysis?
2. Name one of the nine steps of what to look at when analyzing someone's handwriting.

The Parting of the Red Sea – Paul

1. Describe the story of the parting of the Red Sea.
2. What was the name of the body of water that scientists contend is the real place where the parting of the sea occurred?

Ghosts - Sarah

1. What are ghosts?
2. How are ghosts “detected?”
3. What would be an abnormal reading from an electromagnetic field detector that most researchers agree is spiritual activity?

Chupacabra – Tony

1. What is the chupacabra?
2. The Chupacabra has all these powers except: a) It can leap tall tress in a single bound; b) Change its color to whatever kind of environment it is; c) Its red eyes can hypnotize you; d) It leaves a trail of smell that resembles sulfur

Shroud of Turin - John

1. What is the Shroud of Turin
2. Why was the carbon 14 test in 1988 considered invalid?

Moon gardening  - Kendra

1. What is moon gardening?
2. Why is it believed that the gravitational pull on the water tables of the earth effects plant growth?

Spontaneous Human Combustion - Adam

1. What is spontaneous human combustion?
2. Name at least three theories why spontaneous human combustion occurs?

Loch Ness Monster - Elliot

1. What is the Loch Ness Monster and what evidence exists to support its existence?
2. What was the Surgeon’s Photo made out of?

Homeopathy – Eleanor

1. What is homeopathy and what is it relationship to medicine?
2. What was the significance of homeopathy in the early 1900’s?

Reincarnation – Krista

1. What is reincarnation and who believes in its existence?
2. What was the fault in Dr. Stevenson’s experiment (why is it a weak experiment)?

Acupuncture – Ian

1. What is acupuncture and how does it work?
2. What is the vital substance, comparable to energy, that the ancient Chinese believe is balanced through acupuncture?

Crop Circles – Kevin

1. What are crop circles?
2. Name one thing that has been found in the unexplored crop circles that isn’t in the ones that were a hoax?

Last updated:  10/10/2005     © Copyright  by SG Saupe