Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,090 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Arms Trade results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and In-Group Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 15.9% saturation with 695 hits. Analysis detected 4,102 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,360 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠53% (7,453 of 15,781 topics). This Arms Trade is worse (more manipulative) than 52.80% of the peer group.
Arms Trade
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,360
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

53% percentile
025507510052.8% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 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 4.6%4.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.0%13.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.0%3.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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 4.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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