Topic summary
⁠45%5 analyzed articles/videos1,372 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Open Source results contain 46 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Appeal to Authority, and Overconfidence Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 8.7% saturation with 1,818 hits. Analysis detected 19,416 faulty-reasoning hits from 20,926 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 2% and a BS Rank of ⁠24% (12,460 of 16,356 topics). This Open Source is better (less manipulative) than 76.20% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

24% percentile
025507510023.8% percentile
2.0% BS Score5 analyzed articles20.9K 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 5.1%5.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.9%2.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.0%7.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 4.1%4.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.7%8.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.5%2.5%

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 5.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 5.3%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 4.6%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.2%Recency Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.4%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.8%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.1%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.5%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.0%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos