Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,210 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Book Excerpt results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Politically Left Leaning Bias, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 21.3% saturation with 1,032 hits. Analysis detected 7,827 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,840 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (5,187 of 16,562 topics). This Book Excerpt is worse (more manipulative) than 68.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 4,840
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

69% percentile
025507510068.7% percentile
4.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.8K 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 8.4%8.4%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 20.2%20.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 9.8%9.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 10.7%10.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.1%13.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 8.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 21.3%, sitewide 19.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 20.2%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.6%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 10.4%, sitewide 7.5%Indoctrination: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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