Topic summary
⁠52%1 analyzed article/video867 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ritualistic Practices results contain 24 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Unattributed Quote, and Confirmation Bias, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 11.5% saturation with 299 hits. Analysis detected 2,460 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,601 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠67% (5,597 of 16,562 topics). This Ritualistic Practices is worse (more manipulative) than 66.20% of the peer group.
Ritualistic Practices
Topic details
Total words: 2,601
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

66% percentile
025507510066.2% percentile
3.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.6K 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 4.2%4.2%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.8%2.8%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 8.0%8.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.5%2.5%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 8.7%8.7%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 4.5%4.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 11.5%11.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.9%2.9%

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%Framing Effect: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 9.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 4.6%Unattributed Quote: Topic 8.0%, sitewide 1.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.1%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 4.5%, sitewide 0.8%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.0%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 0.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.5%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 1.5%Recency Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.7%Actor-Observer Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.6%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.2%Begging the Question: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.4%Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 0.2%Special Pleading: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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