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Deadly volcano eruption in Indonesia ⁠94%

5/9/2026, 12:58:16 AM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 36.9% saturation with 94 hits. Analysis detected 747 faulty-reasoning hits from 255 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 90.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠94% (1,113 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 93.40% of the video peer group.

Oh, the rock are coming >> tonight. 
Terrifying scenes on a volcanic mountain in Indonesia. 
>> Oh my god, they died. 
Oh, they died >> here. 
The moment Mount Dono on Halmara Island erupted, shot by a guide whose frightened voice is heard over the video. 
Tourists scrambling down. 
Three hikers presumed dead. 
According to local police, >> it's killed them. 
Many people up there. 
About 20 tourists were in the group, defying a ban on climbing the volcanic mountain, say local authorities, as it was on high alert for an eruption. 
We are lucky. 
We already climbed down. 
>> The climbers were all from Singapore and Indonesia, say officials. 
>> There are still many local tourists. 
Oh my god. 
>> Oh, it's I hope they're alive. 
>> Despite warnings not to climb into the restricted zone, many people still do. 
According to the local police chief, >> when it's very quiet, it means the big eruption is coming. 
>> The eruption was seen for miles around, spewing a thick ash column 6 miles into the air. 17 people were safely evacuated, say officials. 
Five were injured. 
For those who survived, >> when we are there, I already heard the deep eruption and I I I make decision to have we have to climb down. 
>> A lucky escape. 
Kier Simmons, NBC News. 
We thank you for watching and remember, stay updated on breaking news and top stories on the NBC News app or watch live on our YouTube channel. 
Confirmation Bias
5.5%
Anchoring Bias
3.5%
Availability Heuristic
24.3%
Representativeness Heuristic
1.6%
Hindsight Bias
3.9%
Overconfidence Bias
5.5%
Framing Effect
7.1%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
1.6%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
13.7%
Pessimism Bias
8.2%
Negativity Bias
36.9%
Self-Serving Bias
12.2%
Fundamental Attribution Error
0%
Actor-Observer Bias
10.6%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
10.6%
Primacy Effect
3.1%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
26.3%
False Dilemma
10.6%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
2.7%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
29.8%
Begging the Question
5.5%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
11%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
8.6%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
20%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
7.5%
Gambler’s Fallacy
0%
Middle Ground
0%
Personal Incredulity
0%
Special Pleading
0%
Genetic Fallacy
0%
Unattributed Quote
0%
Quote-first Misdirection
0%
Biased Writer Voice
0%
Indoctrination
12.2%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
10.6%

255 words analyzed.

Analysis

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