Topic summary
11%7 analyzed articles/videos3,995 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Boating Accident results contain 38 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.2% saturation with 1,169 hits. Analysis detected 7,963 faulty-reasoning hits from 16,282 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.3% and a BS Rank of 4% (16,003 of 16,562 topics). This Boating Accident is better (less manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751003.4% percentile
1.3% BS Score7 analyzed articles16.3K 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 1.8%1.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.2%7.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate