BS Summary: This article contains 22 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Optimism Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 76.7% saturation with 138 hits. Analysis detected 662 faulty-reasoning hits from 180 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 70% and a BS Rank of 79% (4,758 of 21,886 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 78.30% of the article peer group.

Have we finally discovered the final location of Amelia Earhart’s historic and mysterious flight? 
One research team believes a long-ignored anomaly in a remote Pacific lagoon may hold the key to understanding Earhart’s fate. 
Their theory is the focus of a new Pop Mech story called  After 89 Years, the Clue Leading to Amelia Earhart’s Plane May Have Surfaced. 
It’s Been There the Whole Time.” 
Watch the full episode above now, and check out more installments of  The Astounding Pop Mech Show .” 
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Scientists Just Made Old Cells Young Again. 
Have We Finally Found Amelia Earhart's Plane? 
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Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 15.0%PopMech Editors: 3.0%Popular Mechanics: 4.4%Confirmation Bias15.0%This article: 3.9%PopMech Editors: 0.7%Popular Mechanics: 1.1%Anchoring Bias3.9%This article: 22.8%PopMech Editors: 2.4%Popular Mechanics: 3.1%Availability Heuristic22.8%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 3.3%PopMech Editors: 0.2%Popular Mechanics: 1.8%Hindsight Bias3.3%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 1.6%Popular Mechanics: 2.7%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 25.6%PopMech Editors: 6.0%Popular Mechanics: 3.6%Framing Effect25.6%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.3%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.6%Status Quo Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 38.3%PopMech Editors: 2.6%Popular Mechanics: 3.3%Optimism Bias38.3%This article: 3.3%PopMech Editors: 1.3%Popular Mechanics: 1.1%Pessimism Bias3.3%This article: 10.0%PopMech Editors: 1.4%Popular Mechanics: 5.3%Negativity Bias10.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.6%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%In-Group Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 4.4%PopMech Editors: 0.4%Popular Mechanics: 1.9%Halo Effect4.4%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.0%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 3.9%PopMech Editors: 0.1%Popular Mechanics: 1.2%Recency Bias3.9%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.3%Popular Mechanics: 0.4%Primacy Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.3%Popular Mechanics: 0.0%Straw Man0.0%This article: 31.1%PopMech Editors: 7.1%Popular Mechanics: 5.5%Appeal to Authority31.1%This article: 3.3%PopMech Editors: 0.8%Popular Mechanics: 1.6%False Dilemma3.3%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.4%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 11.7%PopMech Editors: 3.5%Popular Mechanics: 4.2%Hasty Generalization11.7%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.2%Red Herring0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.4%Popular Mechanics: 0.3%Bandwagon0.0%This article: 17.2%PopMech Editors: 0.9%Popular Mechanics: 3.3%Appeal to Emotion17.2%This article: 6.7%PopMech Editors: 1.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.8%Begging the Question6.7%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 2.8%Post Hoc (False Cause)0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 3.9%PopMech Editors: 0.1%Popular Mechanics: 0.6%Burden of Proof3.9%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.5%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.4%Composition/Division0.0%This article: 4.4%PopMech Editors: 0.5%Popular Mechanics: 2.6%Anecdotal4.4%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%No True Scotsman0.0%This article: 6.7%PopMech Editors: 1.3%Popular Mechanics: 2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)6.7%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.1%Popular Mechanics: 1.4%Unattributed Quote0.0%This article: 15.0%PopMech Editors: 2.2%Popular Mechanics: 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection15.0%This article: 76.7%PopMech Editors: 8.1%Popular Mechanics: 5.9%Biased Writer Voice76.7%This article: 15.0%PopMech Editors: 1.4%Popular Mechanics: 1.1%Indoctrination15.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%PopMech Editors: 0.0%Popular Mechanics: 0.1%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 45.6%PopMech Editors: 9.0%Popular Mechanics: 3.5%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…45.6%

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