Topic summary
69%5 analyzed articles/videos3,590 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Laptops results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Halo Effect, and Hasty Generalization, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 23.3% saturation with 2,789 hits. Analysis detected 14,743 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,986 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of 57% (7,131 of 16,559 topics). This Laptops is worse (more manipulative) than 56.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 11,986
Article count: 5
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

57% percentile
025507510056.9% percentile
3.3% BS Score5 analyzed articles12K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 23.3%23.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.4%6.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 17.2%17.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.2%0.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.4%3.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.1%4.1%

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 6.4%, sitewide 26.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 23.3%, sitewide 0.5%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 17.2%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Halo Effect: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 6.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.8%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate