Topic summary
7% 9 analyzed articles/videos 2,433 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Humans results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority , Negativity Bias , and Optimism Bias , with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 6.1% saturation with 1,529 hits . Analysis detected 12,330 faulty-reasoning hits from 25,081 analyzed words across 9 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.1% and a BS Rank of 2% (16,256 of 16,562 topics). This Humans is better (less manipulative) than 98.20% of the peer group. Humans
Topic details
Total words: 25,081
Article count: 9
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
2% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 1.8% percentile 1.1% BS Score9 analyzed articles25.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
Highest rates Largest gaps
Shared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 3.3% 3.3% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 3.7% 3.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 1.5% 1.5% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.1% 4.1% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 0.6% 0.6% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 2.8% 2.8% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 0.3% 0.3% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 2.3% 2.3% 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 3.3%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 4.6% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 4.0% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.3%, 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 0.3%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2% Ad Hominem: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.2% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.0% Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst