Topic summary
0%4 analyzed articles/videos3,591 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Self Improvement results contain 39 faulty reasoning types, including Indoctrination, Hasty Generalization, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 11.9% saturation with 2,113 hits. Analysis detected 12,317 faulty-reasoning hits from 17,807 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.8% and a BS Rank of 16% (13,934 of 16,562 topics). This Self Improvement is better (less manipulative) than 84.10% of the peer group.
Self Improvement
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Topic details
Total words: 17,807
Article count: 4
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

16% percentile
025507510015.9% percentile
1.8% BS Score4 analyzed articles17.8K 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 2.1%2.1%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 1.5%1.5%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 9.7%9.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.8%1.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 0.7%0.7%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 2.0%2.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.6%0.6%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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.9%, sitewide 11.1%Indoctrination: Topic 9.7%, sitewide 0.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.1%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.7%, sitewide 3.3%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.5%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 1.9%Bandwagon: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate