Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos931 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Railroads results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Negativity Bias, Pessimism Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 26% saturation with 725 hits. Analysis detected 5,997 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,793 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 6.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠83% (2,707 of 15,447 topics). This Railroads is worse (more manipulative) than 82.50% of the peer group.
Railroads
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 2,793
Article count: 2
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

83% percentile
025507510082.5% percentile
6.3% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.8K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 13.3%13.3%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 8.6%8.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 12.8%12.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 25.9%25.9%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 8.0%8.0%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 8.7%8.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 10.1%10.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 10.6%10.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.4%2.4%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%

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 26.0%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 25.9%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 15.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 13.3%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 12.8%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 12.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 9.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 10.1%, sitewide 4.0%Anecdotal: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 5.2%Loss Aversion: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 2.5%False Dilemma: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 1.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 1.7%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 7.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 2.2%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 3.7%In-Group Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 6.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 3.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.6%Begging the Question: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.7%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.4%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos