Topic summary
⁠97%2 analyzed articles/videos2,067 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Self Help results contain 34 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Self-Serving Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 20% saturation with 1,242 hits. Analysis detected 9,202 faulty-reasoning hits from 6,201 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (4,782 of 16,562 topics). This Self Help is worse (more manipulative) than 71.10% of the peer group.
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

71% percentile
025507510071.1% percentile
4.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles6.2K 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 8.5%8.5%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 20.0%20.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 4.9%4.9%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 16.4%16.4%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 9.7%9.7%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 8.6%8.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.2%2.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.2%15.2%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 8.4%8.4%

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 8.5%, sitewide 26.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 20.0%, sitewide 6.0%Negativity Bias: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 19.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 16.4%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 11.1%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 3.7%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 8.9%, sitewide 7.5%Anecdotal: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 5.2%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 8.6%, sitewide 3.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 4.6%In-Group Bias: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 4.0%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Indoctrination: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 0.0%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos