Topic summary
37%8 analyzed articles/videos11,039 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Defense & Security results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Post Hoc (False Cause), Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Authority, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.6% saturation with 3,695 hits. Analysis detected 34,404 faulty-reasoning hits from 48,760 analyzed words across 8 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 7% (14,823 of 15,785 topics). This Defense & Security is better (less manipulative) than 93.90% of the peer group.
Defense & Security

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

6% percentile
02550751006.1% percentile
1.4% BS Score8 analyzed articles48.8K 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 3.6%3.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.6%7.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.2%1.2%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.8%3.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 3.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.8%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate