Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos950 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Road Repairs results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Overconfidence Bias, Indoctrination, and Appeal to Authority, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 5.5% saturation with 155 hits. Analysis detected 658 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,830 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠13% (14,532 of 16,562 topics). This Road Repairs is better (less manipulative) than 87.70% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,830
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

12% percentile
025507510012.3% percentile
1.7% 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%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.5%0.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.1%1.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.0%3.0%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 1.3%1.3%Status Quo BiasSitewide 2.2%Topic 0.3%0.3%Loss AversionSitewide 2.5%Topic 1.0%1.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 3.8%3.8%

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 1.8%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Indoctrination: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 0.1%, sitewide 0.8%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos