Topic summary
⁠26%1 analyzed article/video1,281 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Desalination results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Appeal to Authority, and Overconfidence Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 7.9% saturation with 303 hits. Analysis detected 1,942 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,843 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (13,047 of 16,562 topics). This Desalination is better (less manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,843
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.8K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.3%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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