Topic summary
⁠8%6 analyzed articles/videos22,690 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bay Area History results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 3.7% saturation with 3,026 hits. Analysis detected 32,031 faulty-reasoning hits from 82,839 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (16,524 of 16,562 topics). This Bay Area History is better (less manipulative) than 99.80% of the peer group.
Bay Area History

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

0% percentile
02550751000.2% percentile
0.8% BS Score6 analyzed articles82.8K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.3%3.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos