Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video507 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ransom Note results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Biased Writer Voice, and Availability Heuristic, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 29.8% saturation with 454 hits. Analysis detected 3,710 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,521 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 9.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠92% (1,463 of 16,562 topics). This Ransom Note is worse (more manipulative) than 91.20% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,521
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

91% percentile
025507510091.2% percentile
9.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 24.1%24.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 29.9%29.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 20.3%20.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 14.8%14.8%Personal IncredulitySitewide 0.2%Topic 9.2%9.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 24.5%24.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 18.9%18.9%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 15.1%15.1%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 10.0%10.0%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 13.9%13.9%

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%Appeal to Authority: Topic 29.9%, sitewide 11.1%Framing Effect: Topic 18.9%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 24.5%, sitewide 15.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 24.1%, sitewide 5.3%Availability Heuristic: Topic 20.3%, sitewide 9.1%Negativity Bias: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 15.1%, sitewide 7.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 14.8%, sitewide 4.6%Hasty Generalization: Topic 13.9%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 10.0%, sitewide 3.7%Personal Incredulity: Topic 9.2%, sitewide 0.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 6.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.9%, sitewide 0.8%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 5.7%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 4.0%Red Herring: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.4%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 2.5%Slippery Slope: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.9%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide rateTopic rate

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