Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video174 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Essays results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Negativity Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 46% saturation with 240 hits. Analysis detected 1,323 faulty-reasoning hits from 522 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠97% (532 of 15,686 topics). This Essays is worse (more manipulative) than 96.60% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 522
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

97% percentile
025507510096.6% percentile
14.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles522 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 36.8%36.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 31.0%31.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 46.0%46.0%Primacy EffectSitewide 0.9%Topic 14.0%14.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 16.7%16.7%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 11.5%11.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 12.4%12.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.7%7.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 14.6%14.6%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.9%6.9%

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 46.0%, sitewide 26.9%Halo Effect: Topic 36.8%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 31.0%, sitewide 11.1%Negativity Bias: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 19.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 15.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 6.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 14.0%, sitewide 0.9%Recency Bias: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 2.7%Begging the Question: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 7.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 9.1%Bandwagon: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 2.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.9%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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