Topic summary
⁠47%1 analyzed article/video159 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Plague results contain 12 faulty reasoning types, including Unattributed Quote, Ambiguity (Equivocation), and Appeal to Authority, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 19% saturation with 121 hits. Analysis detected 458 faulty-reasoning hits from 636 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 6% and a BS Rank of ⁠87% (2,923 of 22,508 topics). This Plague is worse (more manipulative) than 87.00% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 636
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

87% percentile
025507510087.0% percentile
6.0% BS Score1 analyzed articles636 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 17.4%17.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 19.0%19.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 8.7%8.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.7%1.7%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.2%2.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.7%1.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.7%8.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 3.1%3.1%Genetic FallacySitewide 1.4%Topic 1.7%1.7%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Hasty Generalization: Topic 19.0%, sitewide 8.1%Unattributed Quote: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 1.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 9.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 8.7%, sitewide 0.8%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.9%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide rateTopic rate

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