Topic summary
11%1 analyzed article/video2,847 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Life Skills results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Anecdotal, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 6.9% saturation with 593 hits. Analysis detected 4,510 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,541 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of 10% (15,016 of 16,562 topics). This Life Skills is better (less manipulative) than 90.70% of the peer group.
Life Skills
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 8,541
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

9% percentile
02550751009.3% percentile
1.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles8.5K 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 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 0.7%0.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.6%0.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.7%4.7%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.6%3.6%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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 6.0%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.9%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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