Topic summary
0% 7 analyzed articles/videos 6,100 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Silicon Valley results contain 49 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Appeal to Emotion , and Confirmation Bias , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 9.4% saturation with 2,170 hits . Analysis detected 19,250 faulty-reasoning hits from 23,080 analyzed words across 7 articles, generating a BS Score of 1.7% and a BS Rank of 14% (14,057 of 16,237 topics). This Silicon Valley is better (less manipulative) than 86.60% of the peer group. Silicon Valley
Topic details
Total words: 23,080
Article count: 7
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
13% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 13.4% percentile 1.7% BS Score7 analyzed articles23.1K analyzed words
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0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 8.6% 8.6% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 5.2% 5.2% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 9.4% 9.4% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 2.8% 2.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 0.8% 0.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.4% 3.4% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 1.2% 1.2% Hasty Generalization Sitewide 8.1% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Overconfidence Bias Sitewide 4.6% Topic 1.0% 1.0% Anchoring Bias Sitewide 4.0% Topic 1.0% 1.0% 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 8.6%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 9.4%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 11.1% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 6.7% Optimism Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 6.0% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.6% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 3.7% Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 4.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.4%, sitewide 3.3% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 2.2% Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 3.1% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5% Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2% Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst