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The Berkeley Physicist Who Helped Change Surfing Forever 15%
By Ericka Cruz Guevarra0%
5/25/2026, 10:00:29 AM
Topics: The Bay
BS Summary: This article contains 4 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 24.8% saturation with 25 hits. Analysis detected 86 faulty-reasoning hits from 101 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 31% and a BS Rank of 15% (14,398 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 85.60% of the article peer group.
The wetsuit changed surfing forever, making it possible for people to surf in the frigid waters of the Bay Area and helping the scene thrive.
In this episode of Bay Curious, we learn about the Ocean Beach surfers and the UC Berkeley physicist who had a part to play in the wetsuit’s invention.
Links:
The Wetsuit Changed Surfing — We’ve Got a Berkeley Physicist to Thank for It
Some members of the KQED podcast team are represented by The Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, San Francisco-Northern California Local.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
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Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
21.8%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
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Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
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Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
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Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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101 words analyzed.
Analysis
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