Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,165 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Health Scams results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Burden of Proof, Hasty Generalization, and Indoctrination, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8% saturation with 374 hits. Analysis detected 2,145 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,660 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (12,696 of 16,562 topics). This Health Scams is better (less manipulative) than 76.70% of the peer group.
Health Scams
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,660
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

23% percentile
025507510023.3% percentile
2.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles4.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 4.7%4.7%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.2%4.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.0%8.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.5%2.5%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 8.1%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 0.4%Indoctrination: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 0.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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