Topic summary
18% 7 analyzed articles/videos 6,691 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Astrophysics results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion , Biased Writer Voice , and Hasty Generalization , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6% saturation with 1,452 hits . Analysis detected 15,710 faulty-reasoning hits from 24,348 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 6% (14,826 of 15,759 topics). This Astrophysics is better (less manipulative) than 94.10% of the peer group. Astrophysics
Topic details
Total words: 24,348
Article count: 7
Authors
Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
6% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 5.9% percentile 1.4% BS Score7 analyzed articles24.3K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 2.6% 2.6% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.1% 3.1% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.1% 5.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.1% 0.1% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.8% 1.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 4.2% 4.2% 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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% False Dilemma: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst