Topic summary
⁠47%1 analyzed article/video520 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Historical Finds results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Hasty Generalization, and Representativeness Heuristic, with Anecdotal as the most egregious example at 22.5% saturation with 351 hits. Analysis detected 1,301 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,560 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (5,147 of 16,562 topics). This Historical Finds is worse (more manipulative) than 68.90% of the peer group.
Historical Finds
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,560
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

69% percentile
025507510068.9% percentile
4.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.6K 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 2.0%2.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 22.5%22.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.3%2.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.1%1.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 15.4%15.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.3%13.3%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%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 2.0%, sitewide 26.9%Anecdotal: Topic 22.5%, sitewide 5.2%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 15.9%Availability Heuristic: Topic 15.4%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 1.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 5.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.4%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.3%Middle Ground: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.1%Personal Incredulity: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos