Topic summary
13% 2 analyzed articles/videos 941 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Algae Blooms results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic , Post Hoc (False Cause) , and Appeal to Authority , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 347 hits . Analysis detected 2,709 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,330 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 11% (14,877 of 16,562 topics). This Algae Blooms is better (less manipulative) than 89.80% of the peer group. Algae Blooms
Topic details
Total words: 6,330
Article count: 2
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
10% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 10.2% percentile 1.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 0.7% 0.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.4% 1.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 5.5% 5.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.4% 0.4% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 1.1% 1.1% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.2% 0.2% 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 0.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.5% Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7% Indoctrination: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 0.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9% Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0% False Dilemma: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.5% Burden of Proof: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.4% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8% Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4% Red Herring: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.7% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst