Topic summary
⁠87%1 analyzed article/video1,485 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Gilded Age results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Biased Writer Voice, and Anecdotal, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 27.9% saturation with 1,243 hits. Analysis detected 4,766 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,455 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (6,172 of 16,562 topics). This Gilded Age is worse (more manipulative) than 62.70% of the peer group.
Gilded Age
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,455
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

63% percentile
025507510062.7% percentile
3.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.5K 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 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 27.9%27.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.2%0.2%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 19.5%19.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 15.8%15.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.9%0.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.2%2.2%

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%Halo Effect: Topic 27.9%, sitewide 6.7%Framing Effect: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 19.5%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.2%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.3%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.1%Halo EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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