Topic summary
⁠52%1 analyzed article/video334 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Construction Costs results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Confirmation Bias, and Ad Hominem, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 11.9% saturation with 159 hits. Analysis detected 1,256 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,336 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (6,022 of 16,562 topics). This Construction Costs is worse (more manipulative) than 63.60% of the peer group.
Construction Costs
Topic details
Total words: 1,336
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510063.6% percentile
3.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 5.2%5.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 10.6%10.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.1%2.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 4.8%4.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 11.9%11.9%

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 5.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 10.6%, sitewide 3.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 5.3%Red Herring: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 0.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 3.7%Tu Quoque: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.0%Indoctrination: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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