Topic summary
⁠45%1 analyzed article/video910 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Confessions results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Anecdotal, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 10.9% saturation with 398 hits. Analysis detected 3,037 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,640 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠38% (10,105 of 16,241 topics). This Confessions is better (less manipulative) than 62.20% of the peer group.
Confessions
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,640
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

38% percentile
025507510037.8% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.6K 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 6.6%6.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.9%10.9%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.4%5.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%

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 6.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 0.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Begging the Question: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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