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Photographer who filmed bison attack speaks out ⁠95%

7/13/2026, 12:35:18 PM

Topics: Video
Keywords: Youtube

BS Summary: This video contains 6 faulty reasoning types, including Hindsight Bias, Actor-Observer Bias, and Framing Effect, with Self-Serving Bias as the most egregious example at 23.6% saturation with 29 hits. Analysis detected 112 faulty-reasoning hits from 123 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 92.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠95% (835 of 15,731 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 94.70% of the video peer group.

ItĀ wentĀ fromĀ uhĀ aĀ littleĀ bitĀ ofĀ amusingĀ toĀ watchĀ toĀ criticalĀ emergency.Ā 
IĀ stoppedĀ theĀ videoĀ becauseĀ IĀ couldĀ seeĀ thatĀ bisonĀ wasĀ standingĀ overĀ himĀ andĀ wasĀ pumpingĀ hisĀ head.Ā 
He'sĀ veryĀ aggressiveĀ andĀ agitatedĀ andĀ IĀ knewĀ thatĀ somebodyĀ hadĀ toĀ distractĀ thatĀ thing.Ā 
>>Ā HeĀ saysĀ heĀ andĀ otherĀ campersĀ ranĀ atĀ theĀ bison,Ā chasingĀ itĀ away,Ā andĀ thenĀ tendingĀ toĀ theĀ manĀ whoĀ heĀ saysĀ wasĀ inĀ aĀ lotĀ ofĀ pain.Ā 
WhatĀ areĀ yourĀ thoughtsĀ whenĀ youĀ watchĀ thatĀ video?Ā 
>>Ā TheyĀ wereĀ doingĀ everythingĀ right.Ā 
TheyĀ wereĀ respectfulĀ andĀ onceĀ theĀ bisonĀ showedĀ anyĀ agitation,Ā theyĀ left.Ā 
AndĀ theyĀ wereĀ justĀ atĀ theĀ wrongĀ timeĀ inĀ theĀ wrongĀ place.Ā 
Confirmation Bias
0%
Anchoring Bias
0%
Availability Heuristic
5.7%
Representativeness Heuristic
0%
Hindsight Bias
21.1%
Overconfidence Bias
0%
Framing Effect
13%
Loss Aversion
0%
Status Quo Bias
0%
Sunk Cost Effect
0%
Optimism Bias
0%
Pessimism Bias
0%
Negativity Bias
0%
Self-Serving Bias
23.6%
Fundamental Attribution Error
12.2%
Actor-Observer Bias
15.4%
In-Group Bias
0%
Out-Group Homogeneity Bias
0%
Halo Effect
0%
Horn Effect
0%
Dunning-Kruger Effect
0%
Recency Bias
0%
Primacy Effect
0%
Blind-Spot Bias
0%
Ad Hominem
0%
Straw Man
0%
Appeal to Authority
0%
False Dilemma
0%
Slippery Slope
0%
Circular Reasoning
0%
Hasty Generalization
0%
Red Herring
0%
Bandwagon
0%
Appeal to Emotion
0%
Begging the Question
0%
Post Hoc (False Cause)
0%
Tu Quoque
0%
Burden of Proof
0%
Appeal to Nature
0%
Composition/Division
0%
Anecdotal
0%
No True Scotsman
0%
Ambiguity (Equivocation)
0%
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
0%
Politically Left Leaning Bias
0%
Politically Right Leaning Bias
0%
Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
0%

123 words analyzed.

Analysis

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