Topic summary
⁠48%4 analyzed articles/videos925 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Engineering results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 819 hits. Analysis detected 9,654 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,902 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠31% (11,536 of 16,559 topics). This Engineering is better (less manipulative) than 69.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 11,902
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

30% percentile
025507510030.3% percentile
2.2% BS Score4 analyzed articles11.9K 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 5.8%5.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.0%4.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%

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 5.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.5%Begging the Question: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos