Topic summary
⁠15%2 analyzed articles/videos1,040 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Seniors results contain 40 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Negativity Bias, and Anecdotal, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 6.2% saturation with 555 hits. Analysis detected 4,328 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,918 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.2% and a BS Rank of ⁠3% (15,068 of 15,447 topics). This Seniors is better (less manipulative) than 97.50% of the peer group.
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Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 8,918
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

3% percentile
02550751002.5% percentile
1.2% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.9K 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 1.6%1.6%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.3%1.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.2%5.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.5%1.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.8%2.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.2%6.2%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 0.9%0.9%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 0.1%0.1%

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 1.6%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 4.6%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 3.3%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.0%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 1.9%False Dilemma: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos