Topic summary
7%5 analyzed articles/videos3,749 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Autopsy results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 7.4% saturation with 841 hits. Analysis detected 7,269 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,367 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (14,420 of 16,562 topics). This Autopsy is better (less manipulative) than 87.10% of the peer group.
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.9% percentile
1.7% BS Score5 analyzed articles11.4K 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 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.6%6.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.4%7.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.7%1.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 2.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.8%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate