Topic summary
⁠27%1 analyzed article/video600 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Industrial History results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Negativity Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Pessimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.8% saturation with 163 hits. Analysis detected 1,422 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,400 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠49% (10,895 of 21,107 topics). This Industrial History is better (less manipulative) than 51.60% of the peer group.
Industrial History
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,400
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

48% percentile
025507510048.4% percentile
2.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.4K 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 2.7%2.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.1%5.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.7%0.7%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 1.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.1%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.8%Primacy Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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