Topic summary
⁠37%5 analyzed articles/videos8,535 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Political Theory results contain 51 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Framing Effect, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 9.8% saturation with 3,230 hits. Analysis detected 26,690 faulty-reasoning hits from 33,017 analyzed words across 5 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠10% (14,204 of 15,771 topics). This Political Theory is better (less manipulative) than 90.10% of the peer group.
Political Theory

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

10% percentile
02550751009.9% percentile
1.6% BS Score5 analyzed articles33K 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 4.5%4.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.6%1.6%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.4%5.4%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%

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 4.5%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 9.8%, sitewide 8.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%False Dilemma: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 2.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Straw Man: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos