Topic summary
14%5 analyzed articles/videos3,625 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Grief results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Negativity Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 5.2% saturation with 1,134 hits. Analysis detected 10,556 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,652 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (15,583 of 15,775 topics). This Grief is better (less manipulative) than 98.80% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751001.2% percentile
1.1% BS Score5 analyzed articles21.7K 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 1.4%1.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.2%3.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.1%3.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.2%3.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.5%3.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%

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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate