Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video510 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Silent Spring results contain 35 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect, Biased Writer Voice, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 45.6% saturation with 688 hits. Analysis detected 4,424 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,508 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 8.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠90% (1,723 of 16,562 topics). This Silent Spring is worse (more manipulative) than 89.60% of the peer group.
Silent Spring
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,508
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

90% percentile
025507510089.6% percentile
8.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 45.6%45.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 23.9%23.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 21.3%21.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 18.3%18.3%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 17.9%17.9%Politically Left Leaning …Sitewide 2.0%Topic 11.3%11.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 35.7%35.7%Appeal to NatureSitewide 0.2%Topic 9.0%9.0%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 9.3%9.3%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 11.5%11.5%

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%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 45.6%, sitewide 15.9%Framing Effect: Topic 35.7%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 23.9%, sitewide 5.3%Halo Effect: Topic 21.3%, sitewide 6.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 19.2%Confirmation Bias: Topic 18.3%, sitewide 7.5%Hasty Generalization: Topic 17.9%, sitewide 8.1%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 11.3%, sitewide 2.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 11.1%False Dilemma: Topic 9.3%, sitewide 1.5%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 9.1%Appeal to Nature: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 0.2%Straw Man: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 0.9%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 7.0%, sitewide 1.9%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 6.9%Indoctrination: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 0.0%Optimism Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 5.2%Primacy Effect: Topic 4.8%, sitewide 0.9%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 4.6%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 1.4%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.2%, sitewide 3.3%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 3.1%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide rateTopic rate

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