Topic summary
79%2 analyzed articles/videos792 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Existential Risk results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Hasty Generalization, and Straw Man, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 17.1% saturation with 429 hits. Analysis detected 3,394 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,516 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of 64% (6,051 of 16,562 topics). This Existential Risk is worse (more manipulative) than 63.50% of the peer group.
Existential Risk
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,516
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

64% percentile
025507510063.5% percentile
3.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.5K 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 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.9%4.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 13.9%13.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.1%17.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 8.5%8.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 7.2%7.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.1%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 0.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Straw Man: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 0.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 7.5%False Dilemma: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 1.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 6.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 6.6%, sitewide 3.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 4.6%Slippery Slope: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 1.7%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos