Topic summary
84%7 analyzed articles/videos1,809 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Floods results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Emotion, and Framing Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15.5% saturation with 2,438 hits. Analysis detected 12,113 faulty-reasoning hits from 15,681 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 26% (11,713 of 15,775 topics). This Floods is better (less manipulative) than 74.20% of the peer group.

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510025.8% percentile
2.1% BS Score7 analyzed articles15.7K 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 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.9%6.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.1%4.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.6%15.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.4%1.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.1%3.1%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.6%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate