Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video1,141 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Road Conditions results contain 20 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Framing Effect, and Availability Heuristic, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 9.6% saturation with 330 hits. Analysis detected 1,962 faulty-reasoning hits from 3,423 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.9% and a BS Rank of ⁠48% (8,111 of 15,359 topics). This Road Conditions is better (less manipulative) than 52.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

47% percentile
025507510047.2% percentile
2.9% BS Score1 analyzed articles3.4K 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 7.3%7.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.2%1.2%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.3%2.3%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.3%1.3%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 1.0%1.0%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 7.7%7.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 9.6%9.6%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 4.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 4.6%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos