Topic summary
⁠11%3 analyzed articles/videos1,305 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Birthdays results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 743 hits. Analysis detected 4,260 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,659 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (12,710 of 16,562 topics). This Birthdays is better (less manipulative) than 76.70% of the peer group.
Birthdays
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 6,659
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510023.3% percentile
2.0% BS Score3 analyzed articles6.7K 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 6.5%6.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.4%4.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.2%11.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 6.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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