Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video908 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Construction Failures results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Overconfidence Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.7% saturation with 206 hits. Analysis detected 1,680 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,632 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (12,651 of 16,562 topics). This Construction Failures is better (less manipulative) than 76.40% of the peer group.
Construction Failures
Topic details
Total words: 3,632
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510023.6% percentile
2.0% 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 3.1%3.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.7%5.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.2%4.2%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.5%2.5%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.1%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.3%No True Scotsman: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.1%Special Pleading: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.3%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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