Topic summary
⁠30%1 analyzed article/video934 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Apt results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Ambiguity (Equivocation) as the most egregious example at 22.3% saturation with 624 hits. Analysis detected 3,325 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,802 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠70% (4,992 of 16,562 topics). This Apt is worse (more manipulative) than 69.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,802
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

70% percentile
025507510069.9% percentile
4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K 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 1.8%1.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 22.3%22.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.4%4.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 6.1%6.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.1%5.1%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 5.9%5.9%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 7.4%7.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%

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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 22.3%, sitewide 0.8%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 7.5%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 3.1%Halo Effect: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 0.4%Hindsight Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 1.4%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 5.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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