BS Summary: This article contains 10 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Recency Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 61.4% saturation with 43 hits. Analysis detected 184 faulty-reasoning hits from 70 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 82.4% and a BS Rank of 89% (2,186 of 18,666 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 88.30% of the article peer group.
Is porn empowering?
Is it a scourge?
And either way: Was it better in the ’80s?
In this episode, Suzy Weiss and Dan Ahdoot sit down with writer Allie Rowbottom to dig into her new novel, Lovers XXX, set in the cocaine-fueled “golden age” of Los Angeles’s adult film industry.
They discuss the evolution of pornography from VHS tapes to OnlyFans and why fem…
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
2.5%PublicationThe FP
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
6.8%PublicationThe FP
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1.6%PublicationThe FP
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Hindsight Bias
12.9%Hindsight Bias
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12.9%AuthorSuzy Weiss
2.4%PublicationThe FP
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1.8%PublicationThe FP
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Framing Effect
61.4%Framing Effect
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61.4%AuthorSuzy Weiss
9.2%PublicationThe FP
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.4%PublicationThe FP
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.5%PublicationThe FP
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.2%PublicationThe FP
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1.8%PublicationThe FP
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Negativity Bias
5.7%Negativity Bias
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5.7%AuthorSuzy Weiss
13%PublicationThe FP
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.6%PublicationThe FP
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1%PublicationThe FP
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.7%PublicationThe FP
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1.4%PublicationThe FP
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.5%PublicationThe FP
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.2%PublicationThe FP
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Horn Effect
0%Horn Effect
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1%PublicationThe FP
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0%PublicationThe FP
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Recency Bias
20%Recency Bias
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20%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1%PublicationThe FP
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
2.3%PublicationThe FP
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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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
0%Appeal to Authority
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1.1%PublicationThe FP
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False Dilemma
12.9%False Dilemma
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12.9%AuthorSuzy Weiss
4.8%PublicationThe FP
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
3.5%PublicationThe FP
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.3%PublicationThe FP
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Hasty Generalization
20%Hasty Generalization
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20%AuthorSuzy Weiss
9.8%PublicationThe FP
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.2%PublicationThe FP
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
5.8%PublicationThe FP
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.9%PublicationThe FP
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.7%PublicationThe FP
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.2%PublicationThe FP
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Middle Ground
12.9%Middle Ground
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12.9%AuthorSuzy Weiss
0.6%PublicationThe FP
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Personal Incredulity
0%Personal Incredulity
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Special Pleading
0%Special Pleading
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Unattributed Quote
20%Unattributed Quote
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20%AuthorSuzy Weiss
2.6%PublicationThe FP
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
1.8%PublicationThe FP
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Biased Writer Voice
48.6%Biased Writer Voice
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48.6%AuthorSuzy Weiss
17.4%PublicationThe FP
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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0%AuthorSuzy Weiss
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
48.6%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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48.6%AuthorSuzy Weiss
7.6%PublicationThe FP
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70 words analyzed.
Analysis
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