Topic summary
⁠84%3 analyzed articles/videos1,761 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Hiking results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, Appeal to Emotion, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 28% saturation with 2,724 hits. Analysis detected 11,871 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,744 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (6,713 of 16,562 topics). This Hiking is worse (more manipulative) than 59.50% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 9,744
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.5% percentile
3.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.7K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 28.0%28.0%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 18.9%18.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.6%1.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.7%0.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 12.8%12.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.3%10.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 28.0%, sitewide 5.3%Framing Effect: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 19.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 18.9%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 6.7%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos