Topic summary
⁠28%5 analyzed articles/videos1,355 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Abuse results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.3% saturation with 899 hits. Analysis detected 5,818 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,948 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (11,763 of 15,447 topics). This Abuse is better (less manipulative) than 76.10% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 7,948
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510023.9% percentile
2.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles7.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 7.0%7.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.3%11.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 3.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos