Topic summary
⁠30%2 analyzed articles/videos1,706 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Historical Comparisons results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Anecdotal, and Negativity Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 10.7% saturation with 1,331 hits. Analysis detected 10,116 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,485 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠20% (13,375 of 16,562 topics). This Historical Comparisons is better (less manipulative) than 80.80% of the peer group.
Historical Comparisons
Topic details
Total words: 12,485
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

19% percentile
025507510019.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles12.5K 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 3.5%3.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.7%1.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%

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 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos