Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos1,101 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paleoanthropology results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Confirmation Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.5% saturation with 417 hits. Analysis detected 3,219 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,404 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠36% (10,713 of 16,562 topics). This Paleoanthropology is better (less manipulative) than 64.70% of the peer group.
Paleoanthropology
Topic details
Total words: 4,404
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

35% percentile
025507510035.3% percentile
2.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.4K 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 1.9%1.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 3.7%3.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.6%2.6%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.3%1.3%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.0%8.0%

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 1.9%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.9%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 2.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.5%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.0%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos