Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video361 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Fossils results contain 18 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 29.6% saturation with 439 hits. Analysis detected 2,035 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,482 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 7.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠88% (2,054 of 16,562 topics). This Fossils is worse (more manipulative) than 87.60% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,482
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

88% percentile
025507510087.6% percentile
7.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 29.6%29.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.7%2.7%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 17.9%17.9%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 9.7%9.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 12.0%12.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 11.7%11.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.6%1.6%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 7.5%7.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%

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%Appeal to Authority: Topic 29.6%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Topic 17.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Topic 11.7%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 1.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 7.5%Recency Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 2.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 6.5%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Bandwagon: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate

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