Topic summary
⁠12%1 analyzed article/video598 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Paleoethnobotany results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Biased Writer Voice, and Confirmation Bias, with Overconfidence Bias as the most egregious example at 11% saturation with 197 hits. Analysis detected 1,066 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,794 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.5% and a BS Rank of ⁠60% (6,667 of 16,562 topics). This Paleoethnobotany is worse (more manipulative) than 59.70% of the peer group.
Paleoethnobotany
Topic ranking list
PercentileTopicBS Score
⁠0%Uber1%
⁠0%Pittsburgh Pirates1%
⁠0%Opera1%
⁠0%Holocaust1%
⁠0%Privacy Policy1%
⁠60%Paleoethnobotany (selected)4%
⁠100%Radio Roundup / Week In Review60%
⁠100%E-Bikes / Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%E Bikes Rad Power Bikes60%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence O'donnell69%
⁠100%The Last Word With Lawrence Odonnell69%
Topic details
Total words: 1,794
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

60% percentile
025507510059.7% percentile
3.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.8K 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 0.5%0.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.0%1.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 11.0%11.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 3.9%3.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.6%8.6%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.2%3.2%

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 0.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 11.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 11.0%, sitewide 4.6%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.0%False Dilemma: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos