Topic summary
47%1 analyzed article/video598 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dam Construction results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 14.4% saturation with 258 hits. Analysis detected 1,073 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,794 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 68% (7,462 of 23,186 topics). This Dam Construction is worse (more manipulative) than 67.80% of the peer group.
Dam Construction
Topic details
Total words: 1,794
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

68% percentile
025507510067.8% percentile
3.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 11.7%11.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.7%2.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 14.4%14.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.5%4.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 1.5%1.5%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 11.7%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 14.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Ad Hominem: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Bandwagon: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.2%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.7%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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