Topic summary
⁠58%2 analyzed articles/videos589 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Military Service results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Anecdotal, Appeal to Emotion, and Biased Writer Voice, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 12.9% saturation with 773 hits. Analysis detected 6,485 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,004 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠50% (8,435 of 16,562 topics). This Military Service is better (less manipulative) than 50.90% of the peer group.
Military Service
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

49% percentile
025507510049.1% percentile
2.9% BS Score2 analyzed articles6K 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 8.3%8.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 12.3%12.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.4%0.4%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 12.9%12.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 9.6%9.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.9%8.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.6%7.6%

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 8.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 12.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 15.9%Anecdotal: Topic 12.3%, sitewide 5.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 5.3%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.6%, sitewide 0.8%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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