Topic summary
⁠54%3 analyzed articles/videos4,188 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Insanity Defense results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Availability Heuristic, and Hasty Generalization, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 11.8% saturation with 1,484 hits. Analysis detected 10,268 faulty-reasoning hits from 12,564 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠22% (12,604 of 15,988 topics). This Insanity Defense is better (less manipulative) than 78.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 12,564
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

21% percentile
025507510021.2% percentile
1.9% BS Score3 analyzed articles12.6K 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 3.8%3.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 8.3%8.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.8%11.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.7%3.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.1%0.1%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 3.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%False Dilemma: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos