Topic summary
⁠71%1 analyzed article/video883 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Science And Policy results contain 23 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Halo Effect, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 17.5% saturation with 463 hits. Analysis detected 2,229 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,649 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠63% (6,226 of 16,562 topics). This Science And Policy is worse (more manipulative) than 62.40% of the peer group.
Science And Policy
Topic details
Total words: 2,649
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

62% percentile
025507510062.4% percentile
3.7% 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 13.4%13.4%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.1%1.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 0.4%0.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.5%2.5%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 1.8%1.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.0%1.0%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 2.7%2.7%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 4.2%4.2%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 0.8%0.8%

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 13.4%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6%Ad Hominem: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 2.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.6%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.0%False Dilemma: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.5%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 1.1%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.0%, sitewide 0.8%Horn Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.0%Special Pleading: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 0.3%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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