Topic summary
⁠10%2 analyzed articles/videos1,470 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Human Origins results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Appeal to Emotion, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.2% saturation with 441 hits. Analysis detected 2,756 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,772 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠28% (11,750 of 16,250 topics). This Human Origins is better (less manipulative) than 72.30% of the peer group.
Human Origins
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 4,772
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

28% percentile
025507510027.7% percentile
2.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.8K 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 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.5%2.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.4%3.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.2%1.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.7%7.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.4%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.4%Composition/Division: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.2%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos