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By Matt Galloway0%

6/9/2026, 5:00:00 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Appeal to Emotion, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 52.4% saturation with 44 hits. Analysis detected 133 faulty-reasoning hits from 84 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 44.9% and a BS Rank of 42% (13,255 of 22,840 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 58.00% of the article peer group.

Can't concentrate? 
What about thinking deeply? 
Attention spans are shrinking rapidly. 
Cal Newport, a professor of computer science at Georgetown University and the author of the bestselling book 'Deep Work' says we're facing a crisis  an attack on our ability to think. 
He's calling for what he calls a revolution in defence of thinking. 
He outlines the steps for reclaiming your attention. 
Confirmation Bias
0%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
0%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
0%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
52.4%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
38.1%
Self-Serving Bias
0%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
0%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
38.1%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
6%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
14.3%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
0%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
0%
Quote-first Misdirection
0%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
9.5%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

84 words analyzed.

Analysis

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