Topic summary
5%2 analyzed articles/videos1,347 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Byzantine Empire results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Optimism Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.4% saturation with 386 hits. Analysis detected 2,002 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,599 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 13% (14,460 of 16,562 topics). This Byzantine Empire is better (less manipulative) than 87.30% of the peer group.
Byzantine Empire
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Topic details
Total words: 4,599
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

13% percentile
025507510012.7% percentile
1.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K 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 2.4%2.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.2%1.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%

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 2.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.1%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.9%Red Herring: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate