Topic summary
⁠58%2 analyzed articles/videos1,218 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Computer Hardware results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Framing Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 829 hits. Analysis detected 4,543 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,228 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠65% (5,831 of 16,562 topics). This Computer Hardware is worse (more manipulative) than 64.80% of the peer group.
Computer Hardware
Topic details
Total words: 4,228
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

65% percentile
025507510064.8% percentile
3.8% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.2K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 19.6%19.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 10.5%10.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.4%5.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 12.6%12.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 10.5%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 19.6%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.5%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.5%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Indoctrination: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos