Topic summary
⁠96%1 analyzed article/video958 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Maximum Overdrive results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Hindsight Bias, and Hasty Generalization, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 35.6% saturation with 1,024 hits. Analysis detected 4,967 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,874 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠71% (4,875 of 16,562 topics). This Maximum Overdrive is worse (more manipulative) than 70.60% of the peer group.
Maximum Overdrive
Topic details
Total words: 2,874
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510070.6% percentile
4.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 35.6%35.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 6.8%6.8%Hindsight BiasSitewide 1.4%Topic 13.8%13.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 29.0%29.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.4%13.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.3%6.3%

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%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 35.6%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 29.0%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 13.8%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 5.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide rateTopic rate

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