Topic summary
22%6 analyzed articles/videos2,083 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Extreme Weather Events results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Overconfidence Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 1,961 hits. Analysis detected 18,818 faulty-reasoning hits from 22,516 analyzed words across 6 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of 21% (12,414 of 15,690 topics). This Extreme Weather Events is better (less manipulative) than 79.10% of the peer group.
Extreme Weather Events

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510020.9% percentile
1.9% BS Score6 analyzed articles22.5K 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 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.7%8.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.2%2.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate