Topic summary
91%1 analyzed article/video488 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Bear Hunting results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias, False Dilemma, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 219 hits. Analysis detected 1,676 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,464 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of 65% (5,768 of 16,086 topics). This Bear Hunting is worse (more manipulative) than 64.10% of the peer group.
Bear Hunting
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,464
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510064.1% percentile
3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K 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 8.9%8.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.6%5.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.4%4.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 9.1%9.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 9.7%9.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.0%15.0%

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 8.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.0%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%False Dilemma: Topic 9.1%, sitewide 1.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 5.3%In-Group Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Bandwagon: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 2.2%Anecdotal: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.9%Composition/Division: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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