BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 17.7% saturation with 11 hits. Analysis detected 22 faulty-reasoning hits from 62 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 19.2% and a BS Rank of 5% (16,128 of 16,813 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 95.90% of the article peer group.
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2026 Bracket
Confirmation Bias
0%Confirmation Bias
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0%AuthorL.A. TACO STAFF
3.4%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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0.8%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Availability Heuristic
0%Availability Heuristic
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0%AuthorL.A. TACO STAFF
3.4%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Representativeness Heuristic
0%Representativeness Heuristic
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1%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Hindsight Bias
0%Hindsight Bias
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0.3%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%AuthorL.A. TACO STAFF
10.7%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Framing Effect
0%Framing Effect
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0%AuthorL.A. TACO STAFF
15.3%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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0.2%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Status Quo Bias
0%Status Quo Bias
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1.5%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Sunk Cost Effect
0%Sunk Cost Effect
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0.2%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Optimism Bias
0%Optimism Bias
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3.9%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%AuthorL.A. TACO STAFF
4.1%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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2%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Fundamental Attribution Error
0%Fundamental Attribution Error
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0.6%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Actor-Observer Bias
0%Actor-Observer Bias
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0.1%PublicationL.A. TACO
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In-Group Bias
0%In-Group Bias
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8.9%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0.9%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Halo Effect
0%Halo Effect
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21.6%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Horn Effect
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Dunning-Kruger Effect
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Recency Bias
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0.7%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Primacy Effect
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Blind-Spot Bias
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0.4%PublicationL.A. TACO
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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%AuthorL.A. TACO STAFF
8%PublicationL.A. TACO
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
0%Hasty Generalization
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4.9%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Red Herring
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Bandwagon
0%Bandwagon
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6%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Appeal to Emotion
0%Appeal to Emotion
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18.8%PublicationL.A. TACO
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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
0%Appeal to Nature
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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)
0%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
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Biased Writer Voice
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5%PublicationL.A. TACO
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Indoctrination
17.7%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
17.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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17.7%AuthorL.A. TACO STAFF
3.4%PublicationL.A. TACO
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62 words analyzed.
Analysis
Hover over highlighted words in the article to view the associated bias or fallacy analysis.