Topic summary
⁠11%1 analyzed article/video1,108 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Historical Analysis results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Hasty Generalization, and Appeal to Emotion, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 183 hits. Analysis detected 1,423 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,324 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (12,698 of 16,102 topics). This Historical Analysis is better (less manipulative) than 78.90% of the peer group.
Historical Analysis
Topic details
Total words: 3,324
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.1% percentile
1.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.3K 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 0.8%0.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.0%5.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.5%4.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.5%5.5%

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 0.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 0.4%Composition/Division: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos