Topic summary
⁠86%2 analyzed articles/videos424 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Search Engines results contain 36 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Negativity Bias, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 19.6% saturation with 580 hits. Analysis detected 3,810 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,964 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠61% (6,237 of 15,894 topics). This Search Engines is worse (more manipulative) than 60.80% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,964
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

61% percentile
025507510060.8% percentile
3.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles3K 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 12.9%12.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.5%10.5%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.6%0.6%Slippery SlopeSitewide 1.7%Topic 7.3%7.3%Ad HominemSitewide 2.2%Topic 7.3%7.3%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 7.7%7.7%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.9%0.9%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 19.6%19.6%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 4.6%4.6%

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 12.9%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 19.6%, sitewide 15.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 11.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 3.7%Slippery Slope: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 1.7%Ad Hominem: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 2.2%Halo Effect: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 5.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.7%Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 2.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 1.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 2.5%Horn Effect: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.0%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos