Business Insider11%
Inside Ukraine's Secret Uncrewed Weapons Revolution 100%
By Robert Leslie79% Robin Lindsay100% Jake Epstein57%
7/21/2026, 12:22:08 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Unattributed Quote, and Anecdotal, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 100% saturation with 95 hits. Analysis detected 621 faulty-reasoning hits from 95 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (24 of 19,214 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 99.90% of the article peer group.
The world can't keep up with the pace of military tech innovation in Ukraine, triggering a global rethink of how wars are fought.
We were given rare access to units already fighting the war of the future — with high-speed interceptors and semiautonomous naval drones.
We also saw the uncrewed ground robots designed to replace humans inside the "kill zone" and bomber drones using AI to swarm the enemy.
Watch our documentary for a rare look inside Ukraine's cutting-edge weapons sector, fast-tracking high-tech designs from factory to front line.
Confirmation Bias
23.2%Confirmation Bias
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23.2%AuthorRobert Leslie
4.6%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
1%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Availability Heuristic
72.6%Availability Heuristic
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72.6%AuthorRobert Leslie
6.3%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.5%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Hindsight Bias
24.2%Hindsight Bias
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24.2%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.8%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
7.6%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Framing Effect
31.6%Framing Effect
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31.6%AuthorRobert Leslie
17.1%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
1.2%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.8%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
2.5%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Pessimism Bias
24.2%Pessimism Bias
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24.2%AuthorRobert Leslie
1.7%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Negativity Bias
31.6%Negativity Bias
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31.6%AuthorRobert Leslie
16.7%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.7%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.6%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.4%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Halo Effect
21.1%Halo Effect
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21.1%AuthorRobert Leslie
1.6%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
3.1%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Primacy Effect
21.1%Primacy Effect
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21.1%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.3%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
23.2%Appeal to Authority
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23.2%AuthorRobert Leslie
5.6%PublicationBusiness Insider
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.9%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.5%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.3%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Hasty Generalization
24.2%Hasty Generalization
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24.2%AuthorRobert Leslie
5.2%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.2%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Appeal to Emotion
21.1%Appeal to Emotion
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21.1%AuthorRobert Leslie
7.1%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
1.8%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
24.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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24.2%AuthorRobert Leslie
4%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.4%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
1%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Anecdotal
48.4%Anecdotal
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48.4%AuthorRobert Leslie
5.4%PublicationBusiness Insider
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
25.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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25.3%AuthorRobert Leslie
8.1%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
72.6%Unattributed Quote
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72.6%AuthorRobert Leslie
3.4%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorRobert Leslie
0.7%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Biased Writer Voice
100%Biased Writer Voice
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100%AuthorRobert Leslie
14.8%PublicationBusiness Insider
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Indoctrination
21.1%Indoctrination
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21.1%AuthorRobert Leslie
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
44.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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44.2%AuthorRobert Leslie
1.7%PublicationBusiness Insider
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95 words analyzed.
Analysis
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