Topic summary
⁠68%2 analyzed articles/videos1,572 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Societal Trends results contain 43 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, Negativity Bias, and Biased Writer Voice, with Hasty Generalization as the most egregious example at 11.2% saturation with 930 hits. Analysis detected 9,183 faulty-reasoning hits from 8,312 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,744 of 16,562 topics). This Societal Trends is better (less manipulative) than 58.80% of the peer group.
Societal Trends
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 8,312
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.2% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles8.3K 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 2.8%2.8%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 5.0%5.0%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.2%10.2%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.8%1.8%IndoctrinationSitewide 0.0%Topic 4.4%4.4%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 10.3%10.3%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 0.8%0.8%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.6%0.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 8.6%8.6%

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 2.8%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 11.2%, sitewide 8.1%Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 11.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 10.3%, sitewide 6.0%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 9.1%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 8.6%, sitewide 5.3%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.9%Halo Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.7%Anecdotal: Topic 4.7%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 4.6%Indoctrination: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 0.0%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 3.7%Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 2.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 3.3%, sitewide 1.9%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7%False Dilemma: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.5%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.5%Ad Hominem: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 2.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos