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AAIC 2026: Researchers focus on tau 46%

By Andrew Joseph67%

7/12/2026, 8:01:45 PM

BS Summary: This article contains 17 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Anchoring Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 35.5% saturation with 127 hits. Analysis detected 435 faulty-reasoning hits from 358 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 48% and a BS Rank of 46% (11,935 of 21,886 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 54.50% of the article peer group.

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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 3.6%Andrew Joseph: 2.9%STAT: 3.4%Confirmation Bias3.6%This article: 8.7%Andrew Joseph: 2.7%STAT: 1.3%Anchoring Bias8.7%This article: 3.6%Andrew Joseph: 1.8%STAT: 3.9%Availability Heuristic3.6%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.7%STAT: 1.0%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%Hindsight Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 2.1%STAT: 1.3%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 5.0%Andrew Joseph: 8.7%STAT: 8.2%Framing Effect5.0%This article: 7.8%Andrew Joseph: 0.9%STAT: 0.7%Loss Aversion7.8%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 1.3%STAT: 0.9%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.2%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 8.4%Andrew Joseph: 3.3%STAT: 3.3%Optimism Bias8.4%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.3%STAT: 1.8%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 5.6%Andrew Joseph: 9.3%STAT: 8.5%Negativity Bias5.6%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.6%STAT: 1.1%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.8%STAT: 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.3%STAT: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.6%STAT: 0.4%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 2.0%Andrew Joseph: 2.1%STAT: 1.3%Halo Effect2.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 2.2%STAT: 1.6%Recency Bias0.0%This article: 3.6%Andrew Joseph: 0.3%STAT: 0.4%Primacy Effect3.6%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.4%STAT: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.4%Straw Man0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 3.4%STAT: 4.7%Appeal to Authority0.0%This article: 2.8%Andrew Joseph: 0.2%STAT: 1.5%False Dilemma2.8%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 1.2%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.3%STAT: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 3.6%STAT: 4.6%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 3.6%Andrew Joseph: 0.4%STAT: 0.4%Bandwagon3.6%This article: 8.4%Andrew Joseph: 4.4%STAT: 3.6%Appeal to Emotion8.4%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.4%STAT: 0.9%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 2.1%STAT: 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.4%STAT: 0.7%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.2%STAT: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.4%STAT: 0.3%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 2.9%STAT: 3.3%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 2.2%Andrew Joseph: 0.3%STAT: 2.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)2.2%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.3%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.4%STAT: 1.5%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 2.2%Andrew Joseph: 0.5%STAT: 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection2.2%This article: 16.2%Andrew Joseph: 5.2%STAT: 6.0%Biased Writer Voice16.2%This article: 2.2%Andrew Joseph: 1.3%STAT: 2.1%Indoctrination2.2%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.0%STAT: 0.9%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Andrew Joseph: 0.2%STAT: 0.2%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 35.5%Andrew Joseph: 12.5%STAT: 3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…35.5%

358 words analyzed.

Speakers

4speakers40%attributed speech215writer words
Voice mapSelect a segment to jump to its words
Writer's voice • 6 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 7 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 0.0% coverageAndrew • 13 words • 0.0% coverageAndrew • 9 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 11 words • 0.0% coverageSTAT • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 12 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 15 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 30 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 13 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 9 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 6 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 20 words • 100.0% coverageSTAT • 24 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageSTAT • 3 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 2 words • 100.0% coverageSTAT+ • 7 words • 100.0% coverageSTAT+ • 18 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 4 words • 100.0% coverageSTAT+ • 10 words • 100.0% coverageWriter's voice • 14 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 5 words • 0.0% coverageSTAT+ • 7 words • 0.0% coverageSTAT+ • 13 words • 0.0% coverageSTAT+ • 10 words • 0.0% coverageAdam • 3 words • 0.0% coverageSTAT+ • 4 words • 0.0% coverageWriter's voice • 8 words • 100.0% coverageSTAT+ • 12 words • 0.0% coverage
Selected voice

STAT

92%flagged-word coverage
37 attributed words26% of attributed speech66% writer coverage
0%47.5%95.0%Attempt to Sell a Product +69.1 ptsWriter: 22.8%STAT: 91.9%91.9%Biased Writer Voice-27.0 ptsWriter: 27.0%STAT: 0.0%0.0%Quote-first Misdirection-3.7 ptsWriter: 3.7%STAT: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-3.7 ptsWriter: 3.7%STAT: 0.0%0.0%

Attribution is sentence-level. Pattern percentages are calculated only from words assigned to that voice.

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Analysis

Hover over highlighted words in the article to view the associated bias or fallacy analysis.