Topic summary
⁠13%2 analyzed articles/videos960 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Quasars results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Appeal to Emotion, and Overconfidence Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 8.5% saturation with 327 hits. Analysis detected 2,285 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,840 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,675 of 16,562 topics). This Quasars is better (less manipulative) than 58.40% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 3,840
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

42% percentile
025507510041.6% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles3.8K 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 1.1%1.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.5%5.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.6%3.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.9%2.9%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.9%1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 8.5%8.5%

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 1.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.7%False Dilemma: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.1%Burden of Proof: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos