Topic summary
⁠4%1 analyzed article/video630 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Age 78 results contain 21 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Halo Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.7% saturation with 195 hits. Analysis detected 1,102 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,520 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠26% (12,271 of 16,562 topics). This Age 78 is better (less manipulative) than 74.10% of the peer group.
Age 78
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,520
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510025.9% percentile
2.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.5K 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 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.2%3.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.8%2.8%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 2.7%2.7%

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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.9%Composition/Division: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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