Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video330 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Inflation Report results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Biased Writer Voice, and Post Hoc (False Cause), with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 63.6% saturation with 630 hits. Analysis detected 3,414 faulty-reasoning hits from 990 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 20.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠99% (225 of 16,562 topics). This Inflation Report is worse (more manipulative) than 98.60% of the peer group.
Inflation Report
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 990
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

99% percentile
025507510098.6% percentile
20.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles990 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 63.6%63.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 56.8%56.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 33.3%33.3%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 29.4%29.4%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 27.7%27.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 21.3%21.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 26.9%26.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 20.6%20.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.9%5.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Optimism Bias: Topic 63.6%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 56.8%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 33.3%, sitewide 5.3%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 29.4%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 27.7%, sitewide 2.7%Framing Effect: Topic 21.2%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 26.9%, sitewide 11.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 21.3%, sitewide 4.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 20.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 11.4%, sitewide 4.6%Bandwagon: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 2.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 6.7%Begging the Question: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.7%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.7%Optimism BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos