Topic summary
49%3 analyzed articles/videos2,199 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Mental Illness results contain 42 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Framing Effect, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17% saturation with 1,574 hits. Analysis detected 9,917 faulty-reasoning hits from 9,269 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.5% and a BS Rank of 40% (9,455 of 15,765 topics). This Mental Illness is better (less manipulative) than 60.00% of the peer group.
Mental Illness
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 9,269
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

40% percentile
025507510040.0% percentile
2.5% BS Score3 analyzed articles9.3K 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 8.1%8.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.8%4.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.9%0.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.0%1.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 4.6%4.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 12.7%12.7%

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 8.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 12.7%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 0.8%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.7%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate