Topic summary
37%2 analyzed articles/videos1,192 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Social Change results contain 48 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Negativity Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 1,900 hits. Analysis detected 11,421 faulty-reasoning hits from 11,332 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.1% and a BS Rank of 27% (11,993 of 16,246 topics). This Social Change is better (less manipulative) than 73.80% of the peer group.
Social Change
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 11,332
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

26% percentile
025507510026.2% percentile
2.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles11.3K 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 3.1%3.1%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.3%3.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 16.8%16.8%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.7%10.7%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 2.4%2.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.4%0.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 6.0%6.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.5%0.5%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.0%4.0%

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 3.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 5.3%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 6.0%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 9.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 6.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 4.6%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.6%, sitewide 3.3%False Dilemma: Topic 4.2%, sitewide 1.5%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Indoctrination: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 0.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 3.7%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 3.1%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.7%Straw Man: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 0.9%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos