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0% 1 analyzed article/video 175 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Cross Purposes (book) results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Halo Effect , and Negativity Bias , with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 43.4% saturation with 228 hits . Analysis detected 1,984 faulty-reasoning hits from 525 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 15.7% and a BS Rank of 98% (469 of 16,562 topics). This Cross Purposes (book) is worse (more manipulative) than 97.20% of the peer group. Cross Purposes (book)
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Total words: 525
Article count: 1
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97% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 97.2% percentile 15.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles525 analyzed words
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Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 41.1% 41.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 35.8% 35.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 31.1% 31.1% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 24.8% 24.8% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 43.4% 43.4% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 32.4% 32.4% Straw Man Sitewide 0.9% Topic 13.1% 13.1% Status Quo Bias Sitewide 2.2% Topic 13.9% 13.9% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 14.7% 14.7% Fundamental Attribution E… Sitewide 2.7% Topic 12.0% 12.0% 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 43.4%, sitewide 26.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 41.1%, sitewide 11.1% Halo Effect: Topic 35.8%, sitewide 6.7% Negativity Bias: Topic 32.4%, sitewide 19.2% In-Group Bias: Topic 31.1%, sitewide 6.9% Hasty Generalization: Topic 24.8%, sitewide 8.1% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 16.2%, sitewide 15.9% Anchoring Bias: Topic 14.7%, sitewide 4.0% Confirmation Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 7.5% Status Quo Bias: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 2.2% Straw Man: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 0.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 12.6%, sitewide 6.0% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 2.7% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 3.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 9.1% False Dilemma: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 1.5% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 4.6% Slippery Slope: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 1.7% Begging the Question: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 1.7% Genetic Fallacy: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 1.4% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.5%, sitewide 3.3% Horn Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.0% Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.8% Composition/Division: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst