Western Washington flood resources: Where to find shelter and supplies77%
By Teo Popescu0%
12/13/2025, 12:44:09 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 7 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 54.9% saturation with 39 hits. Analysis detected 106 faulty-reasoning hits from 71 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 69.5% and a BS Rank of 77% (3,922 of 16,813 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 76.70% of the article peer group.
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Actor-Observer Bias
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Anchoring Bias
8.5%Anchoring Bias
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8.5%AuthorTeo Popescu
3.1%PublicationKUOW
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Availability Heuristic
54.9%Availability Heuristic
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
0.3%PublicationKUOW
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Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Framing Effect
23.9%Framing Effect
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23.9%AuthorTeo Popescu
7%PublicationKUOW
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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0.6%PublicationKUOW
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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Horn Effect
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
0.4%PublicationKUOW
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
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Negativity Bias
23.9%Negativity Bias
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23.9%AuthorTeo Popescu
3.7%PublicationKUOW
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Optimism Bias
16.9%Optimism Bias
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16.9%AuthorTeo Popescu
1.6%PublicationKUOW
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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1.7%PublicationKUOW
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Primacy Effect
0%Primacy Effect
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Recency Bias
8.5%Recency Bias
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8.5%AuthorTeo Popescu
2.7%PublicationKUOW
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
0.7%PublicationKUOW
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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Anecdotal
0%Anecdotal
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Appeal to Authority
12.7%Appeal to Authority
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12.7%AuthorTeo Popescu
7%PublicationKUOW
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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0%AuthorTeo Popescu
4%PublicationKUOW
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Appeal to Nature
0%Appeal to Nature
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Bandwagon
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Begging the Question
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Burden of Proof
0%Burden of Proof
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Composition/Division
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Genetic Fallacy
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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Middle Ground
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No True Scotsman
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Personal Incredulity
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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Red Herring
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Slippery Slope
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Special Pleading
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Straw Man
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Tu Quoque
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71 words analyzed.
Analysis
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