Topic summary
32%1 analyzed article/video590 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Interstellar Medium results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Availability Heuristic, and Appeal to Emotion, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 11.6% saturation with 206 hits. Analysis detected 855 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,770 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.2% and a BS Rank of 55% (7,091 of 15,593 topics). This Interstellar Medium is worse (more manipulative) than 54.50% of the peer group.
Interstellar Medium
Topic details
Total words: 1,770
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

55% percentile
025507510054.5% percentile
3.2% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.1%4.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 11.6%11.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.7%2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 3.5%3.5%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 15.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 11.6%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos