Topic summary
57%4 analyzed articles/videos2,742 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Drugs results contain 41 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Optimism Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 9% saturation with 1,145 hits. Analysis detected 11,157 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,689 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 29% (11,911 of 16,562 topics). This Drugs is better (less manipulative) than 71.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510028.1% percentile
2.1% BS Score4 analyzed articles12.7K 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 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.7%5.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.0%8.0%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.7%1.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.1%7.1%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%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 3.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate