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Soundside's Weekend Warmup: Books, Books, and MORE BOOKS! 20%
By Jason Burrows0%
5/21/2026, 8:54:24 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Pessimism Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 44.1% saturation with 56 hits. Analysis detected 200 faulty-reasoning hits from 127 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 34.3% and a BS Rank of 20% (13,579 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the article peer group.
What a week, right?
But hey… We’ve got a long weekend ahead of us, and since Memorial Day is the unofficial start of Summer, it’s exciting to see that there’s… rain in the forecast for Monday.
Well, either way - rain or shine, Soundside Producer Jason Megatron Burrows is here with a ton of fun stuff to do this weekend!
LINKS:
Inaugural Ballard Book Crawl
Lost the Plot Mobile Books
Bremerton by the Book
Page 42 Bookstore Smut & Sips
Book Recommendations thanks to @beckybooksandbeads!
Trailhead Direct - Begins Saturday!
Whidbey Ren Faire
Festival | Northwest Folklife
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Confirmation Bias
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
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Representativeness Heuristic
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Hindsight Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Framing Effect
44.1%Framing Effect
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44.1%AuthorJason Burrows
17.6%PublicationKUOW
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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0%AuthorJason Burrows
5.3%PublicationKUOW
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Optimism Bias
18.9%Optimism Bias
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18.9%AuthorJason Burrows
14.5%PublicationKUOW
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Pessimism Bias
25.2%Pessimism Bias
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25.2%AuthorJason Burrows
5.5%PublicationKUOW
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorJason Burrows
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Self-Serving Bias
10.2%Self-Serving Bias
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10.2%AuthorJason Burrows
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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In-Group Bias
3.9%In-Group Bias
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3.9%AuthorJason Burrows
27.7%PublicationKUOW
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%AuthorJason Burrows
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Halo Effect
29.1%Halo Effect
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29.1%AuthorJason Burrows
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
0%Recency Bias
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4.5%PublicationKUOW
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Primacy Effect
0%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
0%Appeal to Authority
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6.6%PublicationKUOW
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False Dilemma
18.9%False Dilemma
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18.9%AuthorJason Burrows
3.6%PublicationKUOW
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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14.4%PublicationKUOW
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Composition/Division
0%Composition/Division
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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No True Scotsman
0%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
0%Personal Incredulity
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Special Pleading
0%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
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
7.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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127 words analyzed.
Analysis
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