Topic summary
⁠61%1 analyzed article/video642 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fear results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Indoctrination, and Negativity Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 16.9% saturation with 433 hits. Analysis detected 2,716 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,568 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (6,547 of 15,448 topics). This Fear is worse (more manipulative) than 57.60% of the peer group.
Fear
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,568
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510057.6% percentile
3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 2.6%2.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.5%8.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.5%1.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 8.6%8.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.4%2.4%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.9%5.9%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.4%4.4%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 2.8%2.8%

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 2.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 16.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 9.1%Indoctrination: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 0.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 1.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.4%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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