Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video942 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Caltech Community results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Anecdotal, and Appeal to Emotion, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 25.6% saturation with 723 hits. Analysis detected 3,652 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,826 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠78% (3,798 of 16,562 topics). This Caltech Community is worse (more manipulative) than 77.10% of the peer group.
Caltech Community
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠78%Caltech Community (selected)6%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 2,826
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

77% percentile
025507510077.1% percentile
5.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 25.6%25.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 11.9%11.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.2%5.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 14.5%14.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 18.0%18.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.6%1.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.1%12.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%

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 11.9%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 25.6%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 18.0%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Topic 14.5%, sitewide 5.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Horn Effect: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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