Topic summary
⁠45%2 analyzed articles/videos1,251 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ancient Rome results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 415 hits. Analysis detected 3,990 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,388 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3% and a BS Rank of ⁠51% (7,876 of 15,988 topics). This Ancient Rome is worse (more manipulative) than 50.70% of the peer group.
Ancient Rome
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,388
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

51% percentile
025507510050.7% percentile
3.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.4K 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 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.1%6.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.3%9.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.5%9.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.3%3.3%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.4%2.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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