Topic summary
14% 9 analyzed articles/videos 8,016 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ancient Civilizations results contain 47 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Appeal to Emotion , and Framing Effect , with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 2,624 hits . Analysis detected 21,606 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,681 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (13,313 of 15,447 topics). This Ancient Civilizations is better (less manipulative) than 86.20% of the peer group. Ancient Civilizations
Topic details
Total words: 26,681
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
14% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.8% percentile 1.7% BS Score9 analyzed articles26.7K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 5.0% 5.0% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 4.2% 4.2% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.4% 5.4% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.6% 1.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 9.8% 9.8% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 6.9% 6.9% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.4% 1.4% 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 5.0%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 11.1% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 5.3% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0% Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.8% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst