Topic summary
⁠3%1 analyzed article/video931 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Albany results contain 11 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Self-Serving Bias, and Status Quo Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 2.3% saturation with 85 hits. Analysis detected 481 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,724 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠8% (21,160 of 22,974 topics). This Albany is better (less manipulative) than 92.10% of the peer group.
Albany
Topic details
Total words: 3,724
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

8% percentile
02550751007.9% percentile
1.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 1.1%1.1%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 1.1%1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 0.5%0.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

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