Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,289 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Influenza results contain 29 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Ad Hominem, and Framing Effect, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 26.2% saturation with 687 hits. Analysis detected 5,536 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,619 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 7.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (2,215 of 15,753 topics). This Influenza is worse (more manipulative) than 85.90% of the peer group.
Influenza
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,619
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

86% percentile
025507510085.9% percentile
7.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.6K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 26.2%26.2%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 20.5%20.5%Horn EffectSitewide 1.0%Topic 12.8%12.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 14.6%14.6%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 10.3%10.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 20.3%20.3%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 9.0%9.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 24.7%24.7%Straw ManSitewide 0.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%

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 20.3%, sitewide 26.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 26.2%, sitewide 7.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 24.7%, sitewide 19.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 20.5%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 15.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 4.6%Horn Effect: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 1.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 11.1%Begging the Question: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 1.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 9.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 3.1%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Straw Man: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 0.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 1.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.3%, sitewide 3.3%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.4%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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