Topic summary
⁠48%1 analyzed article/video952 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Position Battles results contain 22 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Representativeness Heuristic, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 8.6% saturation with 245 hits. Analysis detected 1,446 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,856 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠34% (10,988 of 16,562 topics). This Position Battles is better (less manipulative) than 66.30% of the peer group.
Position Battles
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,856
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

34% percentile
025507510033.7% percentile
2.3% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.9%3.9%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 8.6%8.6%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 6.0%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.9%Recency Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.5%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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