Topic summary
⁠62%1 analyzed article/video652 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Dinosaurs results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Biased Writer Voice, and False Dilemma, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 9.7% saturation with 189 hits. Analysis detected 1,792 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,956 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (5,157 of 16,559 topics). This Dinosaurs is worse (more manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group.
Dinosaurs
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,956
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

69% percentile
025507510068.9% percentile
4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 7.9%7.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.0%2.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 8.1%8.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.7%9.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.6%6.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 6.0%6.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 9.0%9.0%

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 1.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 1.5%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Composition/Division: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.7%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.8%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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