Topic summary
⁠9%2 analyzed articles/videos526 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fields Medal results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Halo Effect, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 8.8% saturation with 848 hits. Analysis detected 1,806 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,635 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 0.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (16,526 of 16,562 topics). This Fields Medal is better (less manipulative) than 99.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 9,635
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

0% percentile
02550751000.2% percentile
0.7% BS Score2 analyzed articles9.6K 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 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.2%1.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.6%0.6%

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 0.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.8%Red Herring: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos