Topic summary
39%14 analyzed articles/videos11,506 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Art History results contain 52 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Halo Effect, and Framing Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 6,796 hits. Analysis detected 55,732 faulty-reasoning hits from 79,362 analyzed words across 14 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (15,828 of 16,562 topics). This Art History is better (less manipulative) than 95.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

4% percentile
02550751004.4% percentile
1.4% BS Score14 analyzed articles79.4K 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 4.5%4.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.7%1.7%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos

The birth of American fine art: Philly celebrates the nation’s first fine art museum and school13%
Billy Penn7%By Julia Binswanger8%7/22/2026, 9:00:00 AM
Will Congress Save the “Sistine Chapel of the New Deal”?26%
The New Republic72%By Timothy Noah59%7/15/2026, 10:00:00 AM
'Created amid high drama': The animals that symbolise pain and passion in a Frida Kahlo self-portrait35%
BBC Culture0%By Arwa Haider0%6/26/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Norman Rockwell art that ignited a lawsuit and a love story is now on public view12%
KUOW73%By Elizabeth Blair0%6/25/2026, 9:00:00 AM
'The cult of Saint Sebastian': How a brutally tortured 3rd-Century saint became a gay icon41%
BBC0%By Nick Levine0%6/24/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Café Terrace at Night: Five details that unlock the genius of Van Gogh's original 'starry night'58%
BBC Culture0%By Kelly Grovier0%6/19/2026, 11:00:00 AM
'The vibrant proof of a presence slipped away': Why David Hockney's 1967 masterpiece is newly poignant after his death54%
BBC0%By Kelly Grovier0%6/12/2026, 4:30:00 PM
'A dark and violent scene': The 1927 painting that foretold Germany's downfall18%
BBC0%By Precious Adesina0%6/12/2026, 11:00:00 AM
Halo Ef…72%Biased …72%
David Hockney, renowned artist who captured fleeting moments in vivid color, dies at 8874%
The Washington Post92%By Phil Davison0%6/12/2026, 10:22:16 AM
A Visual History of Man's Best Friend64%
RadioWest | KUER0%6/9/2026, 3:37:09 PM