The Japan Times66%
Hiroshima A-bomb survivor calls for abolition of 'devil's weapons' at U.N. 100%
By JIJI0%
5/2/2026, 6:37:00 AM
Topics: Nuclear Disarmament, Atomic Bomb Survivors
BS Summary: This article contains 14 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 67.2% saturation with 78 hits. Analysis detected 565 faulty-reasoning hits from 116 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 100% and a BS Rank of 100% (30 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 99.80% of the article peer group.
New York – Jiro Hamasumi, secretary-general of Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors, called for the abolition of nuclear weapons at the United Nations on Friday, saying the bombs are "weapons of the devil that cannot coexist with humanity."
Hamasumi, 80, is a member of Nihon Hidankyo, also known as the Japan Confederation of A-and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations.
He was exposed to the atomic bomb that hit the city of Hiroshima while still in his mother's womb.
"No more war, no more hibakusha," he cited a phrase from the landmark speech by then-Hidankyo official Senji Yamaguchi at the 1982 U.N. special session on disarmament.
Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
16.4%Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
16.4%Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
67.2%Framing Effect
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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Pessimism Bias
34.5%Pessimism Bias
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34.5%AuthorJIJI
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Negativity Bias
60.3%Negativity Bias
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Self-Serving Bias
0%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
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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Primacy Effect
23.3%Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
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Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
39.7%Appeal to Authority
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
67.2%Appeal to Emotion
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4%PublicationThe Japan Times
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Begging the Question
34.5%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
16.4%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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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
9.5%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
34.5%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
34.5%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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116 words analyzed.
Analysis
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