Topic summary
71%2 analyzed articles/videos1,293 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Rail Safety results contain 37 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 14.8% saturation with 854 hits. Analysis detected 4,391 faulty-reasoning hits from 5,783 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 25% (12,434 of 16,562 topics). This Rail Safety is better (less manipulative) than 75.10% of the peer group.
Rail Safety
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Topic details
Total words: 5,783
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

25% percentile
025507510024.9% percentile
2.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles5.8K 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 4.4%4.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.8%2.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 14.8%14.8%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.1%2.1%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.4%1.4%

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 4.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 6.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 0.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.7%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.4%Bandwagon: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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