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Guesses - correct answer. Random assumptions, no evidence
Estimations - correct answer. Based on evidence, more detail
Hypothesis - correct answer. Substantial evidence, lots of detail
Theories - correct an...
Belief - correct answer. Trust and faith in something without real evidence
Knowledge - correct answer. An understanding of concepts through evidence and fact
Millenium Prize Problems - correct answer. 7 very hard mathematical questions each
with a one million dollar reward for an answer. One has been solved but the money
turned down due to thinking his work was just the same as everybody elses
, Loebner Prize - correct answer. A competition to see how good AI has gotten through
having a conversation with an AI. Based on Turing Test
One Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge - correct answer. A competition to prove
paranormal existence through evidence. Never won and was only open to celebrities
but became open division later on
Cognitive Dissonance - correct answer. When you have conflicting beliefs and
behaviour due to new evidence
Whodunit - correct answer. A type of story where the audience along with the
detective figures out a mystery
John/Jane Doe - correct answer. Term used to describe a patient whose identity is
unknown
Fata Morgana - correct answer. A optical illusion which causes ships took look like
they are floating above the water
Preternatural - correct answer. Mystery beyond normal that can be solved by science
Paranormal - correct answer. The supernatural that goes against science
The Pyramids - correct answer. Tombs for pharaohs, baffled as to how they were
made due to low technology at the time. Flatbeds and ropes lifted the stones
Stone Henge - correct answer. A series of stones lied up in random order, no reason
for purpose or how it became. Thought it was druids
Hanging Gardens of Babylon - correct answer. Ancient Wonder. Built for king's wife
who was homesick. Could be fake and/or not in the city
Zuni Language - correct answer. A tribe that lived in isolation for 7000 years with
unique blood type of language that derives from Japanese
Nazca Geoglyphs - correct answer. Desert etchings that can only be seen from eagle
view. Mystery as to how they occurred and were built due to low technology
Flying Dutchman - correct answer. Davy Jones' ship which was based on a story of a
ship that went round the horn of Africa and never returned
Giant Spheres of Costa Rica - correct answer. A bunch of stones that are laid out,
could be for kings home or that they were made by Atlantians
Terracotta Warriors - correct answer. Army of clay warriors to protect the king's tomb
as an afterlife army
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