Topic summary
⁠71%3 analyzed articles/videos296 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Plants results contain 32 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Appeal to Authority, with Indoctrination as the most egregious example at 13% saturation with 411 hits. Analysis detected 3,320 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,167 analyzed words across 3 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠57% (7,275 of 16,562 topics). This Plants is worse (more manipulative) than 56.10% of the peer group.
Plants
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 3,167
Article count: 3
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

56% percentile
025507510056.1% percentile
3.3% BS Score3 analyzed articles3.2K 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 12.2%12.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.8%5.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 13.0%13.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.0%4.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 11.1%11.1%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.4%5.4%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.5%0.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.3%5.3%

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 12.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Topic 13.0%, sitewide 0.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.2%, sitewide 11.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 6.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 0.5%Anecdotal: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 3.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 2.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 3.3%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 1.1%Bandwagon: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos