Topic summary
⁠52%2 analyzed articles/videos465 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Archaeological Discovery results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 8.2% saturation with 361 hits. Analysis detected 3,608 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,398 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠33% (11,093 of 16,562 topics). This Archaeological Discovery is better (less manipulative) than 67.00% of the peer group.
Archaeological Discovery
Topic details
Total words: 4,398
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

33% percentile
025507510033.0% percentile
2.3% 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 3.2%3.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.1%4.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.0%2.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 6.5%6.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 3.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 6.5%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.0%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos