Topic summary
⁠97%2 analyzed articles/videos53 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Science & Technology results contain 25 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, Appeal to Emotion, and Indoctrination, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 28.1% saturation with 102 hits. Analysis detected 635 faulty-reasoning hits from 363 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 7% and a BS Rank of ⁠86% (2,369 of 16,562 topics). This Science & Technology is worse (more manipulative) than 85.70% of the peer group.
Science & Technology
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

86% percentile
025507510085.7% percentile
7.0% BS Score2 analyzed articles363 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 23.4%23.4%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 14.6%14.6%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 14.1%14.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 28.1%28.1%Composition/DivisionSitewide 0.2%Topic 6.6%6.6%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.4%1.4%Red HerringSitewide 0.7%Topic 6.6%6.6%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Attempt to Sell a Product…Sitewide 0.5%Topic 5.2%5.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.2%5.2%

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%Negativity Bias: Topic 28.1%, sitewide 19.2%Framing Effect: Topic 14.1%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.4%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.4%, sitewide 15.9%Indoctrination: Topic 14.6%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 9.6%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 6.9%, sitewide 5.2%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 6.9%Composition/Division: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 0.2%Recency Bias: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 2.7%Red Herring: Topic 6.6%, sitewide 0.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.8%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.5%Begging the Question: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 1.7%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.0%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Hindsight Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.4%Circular Reasoning: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.1%Straw Man: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

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