Topic summary
⁠6%2 analyzed articles/videos1,520 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Disaster results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Optimism Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 4.5% saturation with 259 hits. Analysis detected 2,347 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,779 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠7% (15,467 of 16,562 topics). This Disaster is better (less manipulative) than 93.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 5,779
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

7% percentile
02550751006.6% percentile
1.5% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.8K 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 3.7%3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.5%4.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.3%0.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 3.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.5%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.6%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos