Topic summary
61%7 analyzed articles/videos4,447 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hacking results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 5.9% saturation with 1,266 hits. Analysis detected 16,392 faulty-reasoning hits from 21,431 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,904 of 16,559 topics). This Hacking is better (less manipulative) than 84.00% of the peer group.
Hacking

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510016.0% percentile
1.8% BS Score7 analyzed articles21.4K 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 4.8%4.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.2%2.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.9%5.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.1%4.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.0%2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 4.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.8%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate