Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video505 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Alien Life results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Overconfidence Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 18.1% saturation with 365 hits. Analysis detected 2,192 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,020 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of 66% (5,746 of 16,562 topics). This Alien Life is worse (more manipulative) than 65.30% of the peer group.
Alien Life
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Topic details
Total words: 2,020
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510065.3% percentile
3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 6.5%6.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 18.1%18.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 10.9%10.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 9.6%9.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 18.1%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 11.1%Anecdotal: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 0.4%Begging the Question: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Horn Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.1%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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