Topic summary
⁠36%4 analyzed articles/videos1,509 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Human Interest results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Confirmation Bias, with Halo Effect as the most egregious example at 10.6% saturation with 872 hits. Analysis detected 6,303 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,237 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠21% (13,218 of 16,562 topics). This Human Interest is better (less manipulative) than 79.80% of the peer group.
Human Interest
Topic ranking list
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

20% percentile
025507510020.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score4 analyzed articles8.2K 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 0.8%0.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.8%3.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 6.4%6.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.4%3.4%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 10.6%10.6%

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 0.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 0.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos