The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1605: The Rush to Height 2%
By Dr. John Lienhard19%
7/19/2026, 5:01:45 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 1 faulty reasoning type, including Framing Effect, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 27.3% saturation with 21 hits. Analysis detected 21 faulty-reasoning hits from 77 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 12.6% and a BS Rank of 2% (17,902 of 18,228 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the article peer group.
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The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1605: The Rush to Height
This article is part of the podcast Engines of Our Ingenuity
Engines Podcast
Chicago Fire
Chrysler Building
elevators
Empire State Building
Home Insurance Building
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load bearing walls
Louis Sullivan
Metropolis
skyscrapers
steel frame construction
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77 words analyzed.
Analysis
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