Topic summary
⁠79%4 analyzed articles/videos2,234 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Philosophy results contain 45 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Politically Right Leaning Bias, and Negativity Bias, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 26.5% saturation with 3,140 hits. Analysis detected 19,464 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,865 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (6,243 of 16,562 topics). This Philosophy is worse (more manipulative) than 62.30% of the peer group.
Philosophy

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510062.3% percentile
3.6% BS Score4 analyzed articles11.9K 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 4.4%4.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 26.5%26.5%Politically Right Leaning…Sitewide 1.4%Topic 14.7%14.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 16.6%16.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.1%3.1%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.4%1.4%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 6.7%6.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.7%6.7%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 26.5%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 16.6%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Politically Right Leaning Bias: Topic 14.7%, sitewide 1.4%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 2.2%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 1.5%Straw Man: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 3.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.1%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos