Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video358 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Landmine Detection results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Emotion, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 25.6% saturation with 366 hits. Analysis detected 1,833 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,432 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.8% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (3,134 of 16,562 topics). This Landmine Detection is worse (more manipulative) than 81.10% of the peer group.
Landmine Detection
Topic details
Total words: 1,432
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510081.1% percentile
5.8% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.4K 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 3.5%3.5%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 25.6%25.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 25.0%25.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.8%3.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.3%0.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 7.7%7.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%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%Framing Effect: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 25.6%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 25.0%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 15.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Anecdotal: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 5.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.9%Begging the Question: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.0%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.4%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Nature: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos