Topic summary
⁠93%1 analyzed article/video343 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Microsoft Flight Simulator results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Attempt to Sell a Product or Service, and Biased Writer Voice, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 202 hits. Analysis detected 856 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,029 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠82% (3,041 of 16,562 topics). This Microsoft Flight Simulator is worse (more manipulative) than 81.60% of the peer group.
Microsoft Flight Simulator
Topic details
Total words: 1,029
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

82% percentile
025507510081.6% percentile
5.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles1K 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%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 19.6%19.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 11.8%11.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 12.1%12.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.1%3.1%BandwagonSitewide 2.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.1%8.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.4%3.4%

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%Optimism Bias: Topic 19.6%, sitewide 6.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 12.1%, sitewide 1.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 11.8%, sitewide 0.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.7%Bandwagon: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 2.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 4.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 0.8%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.9%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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