Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,938 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Comfort Food results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Hasty Generalization, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 25.2% saturation with 1,952 hits. Analysis detected 6,603 faulty-reasoning hits from 7,752 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠44% (9,381 of 16,562 topics). This Comfort Food is better (less manipulative) than 56.60% of the peer group.
Comfort Food
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 7,752
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

43% percentile
025507510043.4% percentile
2.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles7.8K 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 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 25.2%25.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.4%2.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.1%2.1%

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 0.3%, sitewide 26.9%Anecdotal: Topic 25.2%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 6.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 5.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.7%Bandwagon: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.5%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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