Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video229 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Light Pollution results contain 15 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Halo Effect, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 58.5% saturation with 402 hits. Analysis detected 1,703 faulty-reasoning hits from 687 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 16.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠98% (418 of 16,963 topics). This Light Pollution is worse (more manipulative) than 97.50% of the peer group.
Light Pollution
Topic details
Total words: 687
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

98% percentile
025507510097.5% percentile
16.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles687 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–75%
0.0%20%40%60%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 58.5%58.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 28.2%28.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 36.8%36.8%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 18.3%18.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 21.1%21.1%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Topic 13.1%13.1%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.2%1.2%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 7.6%7.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 11.3%11.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 11.3%11.3%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%20%20%40%40%60%60%Framing Effect: Topic 58.5%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 36.8%, sitewide 15.9%Halo Effect: Topic 28.2%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 21.1%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 18.5%, sitewide 19.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 18.3%, sitewide 0.8%Appeal to Nature: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 0.2%Availability Heuristic: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 11.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.9%Anecdotal: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.8%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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