Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos7,489 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bay Area Life results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Indoctrination, and Anecdotal, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 1,832 hits. Analysis detected 15,118 faulty-reasoning hits from 26,627 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (15,441 of 16,562 topics). This Bay Area Life is better (less manipulative) than 93.20% of the peer group.
Bay Area Life
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 26,627
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751006.8% percentile
1.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles26.6K 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 4.1%4.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.0%5.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 4.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.2%Indoctrination: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos