Topic summary
⁠78%1 analyzed article/video69 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ithaca results contain 8 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Representativeness Heuristic, and Biased Writer Voice, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 39.6% saturation with 82 hits. Analysis detected 234 faulty-reasoning hits from 207 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 14.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠97% (623 of 16,562 topics). This Ithaca is worse (more manipulative) than 96.20% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 207
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

96% percentile
025507510096.2% percentile
14.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles207 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 39.6%39.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 19.8%19.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 19.8%19.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 6.8%6.8%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 6.8%6.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 6.8%6.8%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 6.8%6.8%

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%Appeal to Authority: Topic 39.6%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 19.8%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 19.8%, sitewide 1.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 5.3%Recency Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate

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