Topic summary
⁠3%1 analyzed article/video3,424 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Parasitic Outbreak results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Post Hoc (False Cause), and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.4% saturation with 661 hits. Analysis detected 2,940 faulty-reasoning hits from 10,272 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 0.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠1% (16,469 of 16,562 topics). This Parasitic Outbreak is better (less manipulative) than 99.40% of the peer group.
Parasitic Outbreak
Topic details
Total words: 10,272
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

1% percentile
02550751000.6% percentile
0.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles10.3K 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 0.2%0.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.9%1.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.7%0.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.2%0.2%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.3%0.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.6%1.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.3%0.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.4%6.4%

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 0.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.9%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 1.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos