BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Representativeness Heuristic, Hindsight Bias, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 43.4% saturation with 66 hits. Analysis detected 394 faulty-reasoning hits from 152 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 39.5% and a BS Rank of 29% (12,168 of 17,102 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 71.10% of the article peer group.
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Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Availability Heuristic
9.2%Availability Heuristic
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9.2%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0.8%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Representativeness Heuristic
25%Representativeness Heuristic
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25%AuthorMichael Hagerty
2.2%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Hindsight Bias
25%Hindsight Bias
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25%AuthorMichael Hagerty
2.2%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Framing Effect
9.2%Framing Effect
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9.2%AuthorMichael Hagerty
4.7%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Loss Aversion
8.6%Loss Aversion
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8.6%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0.8%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Negativity Bias
43.4%Negativity Bias
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43.4%AuthorMichael Hagerty
3.9%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Fundamental Attribution Error
13.2%Fundamental Attribution Error
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13.2%AuthorMichael Hagerty
1.2%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Primacy Effect
19.7%Primacy Effect
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19.7%AuthorMichael Hagerty
1.8%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Appeal to Authority
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0.6%PublicationHouston Public Media
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
25%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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25%AuthorMichael Hagerty
2.2%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Anecdotal
25%Anecdotal
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25%AuthorMichael Hagerty
2.2%PublicationHouston Public Media
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Middle Ground
9.2%Middle Ground
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9.2%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0.8%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
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Biased Writer Voice
13.2%Biased Writer Voice
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13.2%AuthorMichael Hagerty
3.5%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Indoctrination
25%Indoctrination
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25%AuthorMichael Hagerty
4.2%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorMichael Hagerty
0%PublicationHouston Public Media
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
8.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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8.6%AuthorMichael Hagerty
5.3%PublicationHouston Public Media
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152 words analyzed.
Analysis
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