Topic summary
⁠25%3 analyzed articles/videos960 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Appointments results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 10.2% saturation with 726 hits. Analysis detected 4,269 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,116 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠12% (14,730 of 16,562 topics). This Appointments is better (less manipulative) than 88.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 7,116
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

11% percentile
025507510011.1% percentile
1.6% BS Score3 analyzed articles7.1K 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 2.4%2.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.1%7.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.3%3.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.4%5.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos