Author: David Robson
David Robson
has 10.4% among authors.
BS Score: 1.5%.
Articles analyzed: 4.
Words analyzed: 33,260.
Analyzed articles
BBC Future
- By David Robson
- 7/3/2026, 10:00 AM
Confirmation Bias 26.8% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 22% - Negativity Bias 17.5%
Disease and death are back in the headlines. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is currently outpacing response efforts, and concerns about hantavirus linger, as new patients test positive for the infection. Most of us will never come into contact with these pathogens, and so we should have no need to protect... more
BBC Future
- By David Robson
- 7/2/2026, 10:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 14.2% - Appeal to Authority 9.6% - Overconfidence Bias 8.7%
'Separate in name and power': How America reinvented English From "deadline" to "lituation", from "prairie" to "amirite", America's linguistic independence has transformed the English language with a wealth of new words and phrases – shaping its own cultural identity in the process. Did the founding of the United States of America demand... more
BBC Future
- By David Robson
- 6/13/2026, 10:00 AM
Post Hoc (False Cause) 19.4% - Overconfidence Bias 12.7% - Appeal to Authority 11.9%
Erectile dysfunction can be an early warning of a heart attack, stroke, diabetes and dementia. It's time that patients and doctors alike started taking notice, according to researchers. You could describe erectile dysfunction as a silent epidemic. According to multiple surveys, it afflicts more than half of adult men over 40. Few,... more
BBC
- By David Robson
- 5/22/2026, 9:02 AM
Overconfidence Bias 24.1% - Hasty Generalization 19.7% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 18.2%
In her new book, The 21st Century Brain, scientist Hannah Critchlow explores the overlooked skills that will be necessary to flourish in the age of AI – and how we can cultivate them. With the world around us evolving at an ever-greater pace, you may fantasise about upgrading your brain to make sense of it all. At face value, this would... more