The Hidden Harm of Pseudoscience

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• Aiden Lucier
  The curator, Aiden Lucier, standing against a brown speckled brick wall. Aiden has dyed red hair to his shoulders, fair skin, and is wearing a rainbow plaid button-up shirt.
• COVID-19 conspiracy signage at Flat Earth house 2
  A house is photographed with an inflatable poop emoji wearing a medical mask and gloves in the front yard, alongside an American flag and signs and windows with conspiratorial text written on them. Visible messages are as follows: "COVID SCAM" "REFUSE THE MASK" "SEA LEVEL IS LEVEL :)" "SCIENTIFICALLY EARTH IS FLAT + MOTIONLESS" "WATER'S SURFACE DOES NOT CURVE! NOT CONVEX! e.g. LAKES OCEANS."
• COVID-19 conspiracy signage at Flat Earth house 1
  A house is photographed with an inflatable poop emoji wearing a medical mask and gloves in the front yard, alongside an American flag and signs and windows with conspiratorial text written on them. Visible messages are as follows: "COVID SCAM" "REFUSE THE MASK" "SEA LEVEL IS LEVEL :)" "SCIENTIFICALLY EARTH IS FLAT + MOTIONLESS"
• COVID-19 Alert Concerning Ivermectin Products at Palmer Feed and Supply
  A laminated paper is taped to the back of a computer monitor, bearing a "Palmer Feed" logo and "WARNING!!" on the left side. The paper reads in red text: "COVID-19 Alert Concerning Ivermectin Products: WARNING!!! A number of products including Equine Dewormers, Sheep Drench, Pour Ons, and Injectable Dewormers contain the anti-parasite ingredient Ivermectin are for ANIMAL USE ONLY! Despite media reports that Ivermectin could potentially be used to treat people with COVID-19, these products are NOT SAFE OR APPROVED FOR HUMAN USE, which could cause severe personal injury or death!!"
• Please Remember The More Than 20,000 Black People Who Have Died From COVID-19
  This letterpress poster reads in large, blocky black letters on an off-white background: "PLEASE REMEMBER THE MORE THAN 20,000 BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19."
• Please Remember The More Than 110,000 People Who Have Died From COVID-19
  This letterpress poster reads in large, blocky black letters on an off-white background: "PLEASE REMEMBER THE MORE THAN 110,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED FROM COVID-19."
• Le cours de phrénologie (The phrenology lesson) Print
  Numerous bearded men sit in a dimly-lit classroom listening to a spotlit man lecture at a pedestal. The pedestal contains 4-5 skulls as he stands above them, lecturing on the topic of phrenology. The man is bearded, has a receding hairline, and is dressed in robes with one hand raised up.
• Bumpology Print
  A man with a bumpy head kneels on a pillow on the floor while a phrenologist, with a larger and bumpier head, feels his skull. A man behind the phrenologist, also with a bumpy head, takes notes in a book reading "Very large wit no. 32." A woman, presumably the first man's wife, watches on with a smile. All are very well-dressed and presumably wealthy, with the phrenologist dressed similarly to a doctor or professor. All have short, upturned noses save for the phrenologist, who has a long and crooked downturned nose. A table in the foreground holds books and a bumpy skull or skull sculpture, which is labeled with various sections of the brain pertaining to character. A note by the skull reads "Thurtell - shown to be Craniologically an Excellent Character." In the background are multiple portraits and a single bust sculpture of men with bumpy skulls. Below the illustration is text reading: "Pores o'er the Cranial Map with learned eyes, Each rising hill and bumpy knoll descries, Here secret fires, and there deep mines of sense His touch detects beneath each prominence."
• Mallet
  This wooden, bell-shaped mallet would have been used alongside a chisel to carve and sculpt objects out of wood and stone. The mallet is cracked throughout its lower part and the top of the "bell" is covered in indented hash marks. Displayed with an unrelated chisel.
• Speciman of Mortar from the Great Pyramid
  This rough and uneven chunk of mortar was taken from the Great Pyramid. While relatively consistent, there is some color splotchiness, with hints of reddish orange and white in the sand-colored mortar.
• Casing-block from the Great Pyramid
  This casing-block taken from the Great Pyramid is off-white and mostly rectangular, with smooth long faces and rough short faces. Its corners have been rounded or broken off and its edges show significant wear from time.
• Tomb Chapel of Raemkai
  The Chapel of Raemkai has been rebuilt within the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The walls are decorated with numerous relief carvings which describe Raemkai and his offices, as well as a variety of the scenes. The scenes include: harvesting grain, transporting goods (by hand and on the backs of donkeys), transporting cows and goats, butchering animals, fishing, making bread, and presumably depictions of Raemkai himself.
• The Pyramids in Egypt, plate 7 from "The Seven Wonders of The World"
  In the distance, one of the pyramids of Giza is being constructed. Numerous men, horses, cows and camels are at its base, carving and hauling blocks to add to the top. Smoke is billowing out of multiple buildings in the pyramid's shadow. In the foreground, several men and animals are resting in the shade of another building, with one man handing another some rope while another drinks from a jar.
• Dendera Grand temple Crypt 4 Illustration pg 45
  This illustration depicts multiple relief carvings on one crypt wall within the Temple of Hathor. In the above depiction, two male figures (one wearing a crown) present objects to a crowned woman seated in a throne. Behind her a smaller male figure holds up a lotus flower from which a snake has vertically emerged, and a falcon wearing a crown watches. Another man in a crown holds out the same objects as the second male figure. In the below depiction, a snake emerges from a lotus flower, supported by four small male figures and a statue with arms, towards a monkey with the face of a toad. Another, larger male figure stands behind the lotus flower. Another man holds out a staff while a woman wearing a crown watches from a throne.
• Dendera Grand temple Crypt 4 Illustration pg 44
  This illustration depicts multiple relief carvings on one crypt wall within the Temple of Hathor. In the above depiction, two male figures (one wearing a crown) present containers to a crown wearing woman sitting in a throne. Behind her, a snake rises out of a lotus flower vertically and a falcon wearing a crown watches. A third male figure wearing a crown offers more containers. In the below depiction, a different woman in a crown sits on a throne as two snakes rise diagonally out of lotus flowers before her. A male figure stands behind each lotus flower and smaller male figures kneel below the flowers, propping up the containers holding the snakes. A statue with humanlike arms assists in propping up the right lotus container.
• Dendera Light (Hathor Temple Crypt 1-C, south wall)
  This relief carving in a crypt wall of the Temple of Hathor depicts a snake emerging from a lotus flower, encased in an ovular container. A tall male figure stands behind the lotus flower, hands clenched. The stem of the lotus flower snakes to the right, where there are two small figures supporting the container with their heads. The first is kneeling on the ground while the second kneels on a pedestal. The second is supporting the container with both hands and a disc on top of his head.
• The Pyramids of Geezah
  The three Pyramids of Giza are pictured in the distance in a horizontal line, with modern (for the time) buildings and trees in the foreground.
• Second Pyramid
  The second smaller pyramid at Giza is in the center of the image, with two small groups of trees in the foreground.
• Pyramid Photograph
  The Great Pyramid of Giza is in the center of the image, with sand dunes and three small groups of trees in the foreground. The head of the Sphynx can be seen in the sand to the right.
• Quimbaya "Plane" Amulet
  This gold amulet is made primarily out of triangular shapes, with a 'head' and two 'wings' jutting off from a round, teardrop-shaped body. A tail juts out from the back at a perpendicular angle to the others, with teardrop-shaped fins accompanying it. Swirls decorate both the 'head' and 'fins.' It is believed to represent some sort of animal, likely a fish.
• Explanation of the New Physiognomical System of the Brain Print
  This print is made of faded, poorly-printed black ink on off-white paper. It reads at the top "Explanation of the New Physiognomical System of the Brain according to Drs Gall & Spurzheim," and underneath depicts three brains and two skulls at front-on and profile angles, matching with text below. Figure 1 shows the brain from top-down. Figures 2 and 3 show the skull from front-on and profile views, identifying various bones of the skull. Figure 4 shows a profile view of the brain and identifies various organs. Figure 5 shows a profile view of the brain and identifies areas related to personality traits in phrenology. The five following figures show these areas of the brain in more detail, as well as identifying them in a horse and a dog, alongside a reference list to define the traits. The three following figures are example portraits to demonstrate further, including William Shakespeare. At the bottom there is an index of all personality traits involved, and the page is framed with fleur de lis.