Topic summary
5%6 analyzed articles/videos1,965 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Drowning results contain 30 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Indoctrination, and Appeal to Authority, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 4.7% saturation with 379 hits. Analysis detected 3,338 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,148 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.4% and a BS Rank of 5% (15,784 of 16,562 topics). This Drowning is better (less manipulative) than 95.30% of the peer group.
Drowning

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

5% percentile
02550751004.7% percentile
1.4% BS Score6 analyzed articles8.1K 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 2.3%2.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.5%3.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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 2.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.1%False Dilemma: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate