BS Summary: This video contains 15 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 46.3% saturation with 62 hits. Analysis detected 405 faulty-reasoning hits from 134 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 91.3% and a BS Rank of 95% (1,197 of 21,827 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 94.50% of the video peer group.
Video of an incredible rescue on a Houston highway.
Watch as this group, armed with tools and sheer strength,
race to pull open this car door in an urgent effort to save lives.
Strangers working together to help three women inside that Toyota sedan that landed upside down after it flew off the overpass.
First responders soon arriving on scene and pulling them out.
You see them transporting one of the women.
Houston police say the vehicle was in a carpool lane when it went through that barrier.
You can see a chunk of concrete is missing.
The cause of the crash, however, is under investigation.
The three taken to the hospital as a precaution.
Drivers going the extra mile to help those in need.
Confirmation Bias
6%Confirmation Bias
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6%PublicationNBC News
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Anchoring Bias
0%Anchoring Bias
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Availability Heuristic
14.2%Availability Heuristic
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14.2%PublicationNBC News
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Representativeness Heuristic
23.1%Representativeness Heuristic
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23.1%PublicationNBC News
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Hindsight Bias
6.7%Hindsight Bias
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6.7%PublicationNBC News
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Overconfidence Bias
0%Overconfidence Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Framing Effect
41.8%Framing Effect
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41.8%PublicationNBC News
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Loss Aversion
0%Loss Aversion
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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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0%PublicationNBC News
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Optimism Bias
17.2%Optimism Bias
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17.2%PublicationNBC News
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Pessimism Bias
0%Pessimism Bias
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Negativity Bias
0%Negativity Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Self-Serving Bias
0%Self-Serving Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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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
0%In-Group Bias
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Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Halo Effect
30.6%Halo Effect
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30.6%PublicationNBC News
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Horn Effect
0%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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0%PublicationNBC News
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Primacy Effect
7.5%Primacy Effect
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7.5%PublicationNBC News
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Blind-Spot Bias
0%Blind-Spot Bias
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Ad Hominem
0%Ad Hominem
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Straw Man
0%Straw Man
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Appeal to Authority
17.9%Appeal to Authority
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17.9%PublicationNBC News
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False Dilemma
0%False Dilemma
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Slippery Slope
0%Slippery Slope
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Circular Reasoning
0%Circular Reasoning
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Hasty Generalization
7.5%Hasty Generalization
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7.5%PublicationNBC News
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Red Herring
0%Red Herring
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Bandwagon
7.5%Bandwagon
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7.5%PublicationNBC News
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Appeal to Emotion
46.3%Appeal to Emotion
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46.3%PublicationNBC News
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Begging the Question
0%Begging the Question
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%Post Hoc (False Cause)
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0%PublicationNBC News
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Tu Quoque
0%Tu Quoque
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Burden of Proof
17.2%Burden of Proof
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17.2%PublicationNBC News
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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
22.4%Anecdotal
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22.4%PublicationNBC News
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No True Scotsman
0%No True Scotsman
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Ambiguity (Equivocation)
36.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)
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36.6%PublicationNBC News
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Gambler’s Fallacy
0%Gambler’s Fallacy
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Middle Ground
0%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
0%Genetic Fallacy
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Unattributed Quote
0%Unattributed Quote
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Quote-first Misdirection
0%Quote-first Misdirection
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Biased Writer Voice
0%Biased Writer Voice
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Indoctrination
0%Indoctrination
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Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%Politically Left Leaning Bias
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Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%Politically Right Leaning Bias
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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134 words analyzed.
Analysis
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