CBC Radio50%
Train dreams 83%
By Paul Haavardsrud0%
4/10/2026, 12:00:00 AM
Topics: High Speed Rail, Canadian Infrastructure
BS Summary: This article contains 18 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Quote-first Misdirection, and Anchoring Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 53.3% saturation with 40 hits. Analysis detected 356 faulty-reasoning hits from 75 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 75.8% and a BS Rank of 83% (2,864 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 83.00% of the article peer group.
The dream of high-speed rail has a special place in many Canadian hearts.
This country was built on a railway, right?!
Well, soon Canadians may be able to speed between Toronto and Quebec City — all for the low, low cost of roughly $90 billion dollars.
Paul Haavardsrud talks to the director of the Infrastructure Institute at the U of T, Matti Siemiatycki, about whether high-speed rail is worth pursuing at that price.
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
4.2%PublicationCBC
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Anchoring Bias
33.3%Anchoring Bias
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33.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
15.9%PublicationCBC
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Availability Heuristic
10.7%Availability Heuristic
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10.7%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
9.3%PublicationCBC
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
1.7%PublicationCBC
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
3%PublicationCBC
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
1.5%PublicationCBC
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Framing Effect
53.3%Framing Effect
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53.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
46.5%PublicationCBC
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Optimism Bias
33.3%Optimism Bias
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33.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
10.8%PublicationCBC
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
4.2%PublicationCBC
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Negativity Bias
17.3%Negativity Bias
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17.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
8.3%PublicationCBC
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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In-Group Bias
17.3%In-Group Bias
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17.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
2.8%PublicationCBC
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
3.2%PublicationCBC
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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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
36%Appeal to Authority
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36%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
24.2%PublicationCBC
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False Dilemma
33.3%False Dilemma
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33.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
5.9%PublicationCBC
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
0%PublicationCBC
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
8.7%PublicationCBC
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
2.8%PublicationCBC
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Appeal to Emotion
28%Appeal to Emotion
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28%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
13.8%PublicationCBC
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Begging the Question
10.7%Begging the Question
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10.7%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
1.7%PublicationCBC
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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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%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
4.2%PublicationCBC
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Anecdotal
17.3%Anecdotal
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17.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
5.9%PublicationCBC
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
33.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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33.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
6.6%PublicationCBC
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
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Middle Ground
33.3%Middle Ground
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33.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
5.3%PublicationCBC
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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
0%Unattributed Quote
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0%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
1.5%PublicationCBC
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Quote-first Misdirection
36%Quote-first Misdirection
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36%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
5.9%PublicationCBC
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Biased Writer Voice
13.3%Biased Writer Voice
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13.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
40.6%PublicationCBC
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Indoctrination
17.3%Indoctrination
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17.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
2.8%PublicationCBC
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
17.3%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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17.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
2.8%PublicationCBC
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
33.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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33.3%AuthorPaul Haavardsrud
5.3%PublicationCBC
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75 words analyzed.
Analysis
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