Publication summary
60% 61 analyzed articles/videos 18,343 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Interesting Engineering results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service , Appeal to Authority , and Framing Effect , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 16.7% saturation with 19,778 hits . Analysis detected 115,091 faulty-reasoning hits from 118,317 analyzed words across 61 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of 55% (172 of 379 publications). This Interesting Engineering is worse (more manipulative) than 54.80% of the peer group. Publication details
Total words: 118,317
Article count: 61
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Ranking context Position among analyzed publications
55% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 54.8% percentile 2.0% BS Score61 analyzed articles118.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Publication 6.3% 6.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Publication 1.0% 1.0% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Publication 2.4% 2.4% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Publication 16.7% 16.7% Attempt to Sell a Product… Sitewide 0.5% Publication 10.4% 10.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Publication 2.5% 2.5% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Publication 0.9% 0.9% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Publication 0.7% 0.7% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Publication 3.9% 3.9% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias Sitewide 3.1% Publication 0.1% 0.1% Sitewide departure map Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often
0.0% 0.0% 10% 10% 20% 20% 30% 30% 40% 40% 50% 50% Framing Effect: Publication 6.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Publication 1.0%, sitewide 19.2% Optimism Bias: Publication 16.7%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Publication 2.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Publication 9.0%, sitewide 11.1% Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Publication 10.4%, sitewide 0.5% Availability Heuristic: Publication 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Publication 5.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Publication 3.9%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Publication 0.9%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Publication 5.0%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Publication 3.8%, sitewide 5.3% Overconfidence Bias: Publication 5.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anecdotal: Publication 0.7%, sitewide 5.2% Self-Serving Bias: Publication 4.7%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 4.0% Post Hoc (False Cause): Publication 2.2%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Publication 0.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Publication 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Publication 2.6%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Publication 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Publication 0.8%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Publication 0.6%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Publication rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst