Topic summary
⁠60%2 analyzed articles/videos1,546 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Software Security results contain 26 faulty reasoning types, including Availability Heuristic, Quote-first Misdirection, and Unattributed Quote, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 19.3% saturation with 897 hits. Analysis detected 3,085 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,638 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠41% (9,785 of 16,562 topics). This Software Security is better (less manipulative) than 59.10% of the peer group.
Software Security
Topic details
Total words: 4,638
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510040.9% percentile
2.6% BS Score2 analyzed articles4.6K 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 2.1%2.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 1.4%1.4%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 0.5%0.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 5.2%5.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.8%0.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 0.4%0.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%

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 2.1%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 19.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 3.4%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 5.2%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 0.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 4.0%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%Slippery Slope: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 0.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 1.9%Indoctrination: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 0.0%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.5%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 1.7%, sitewide 0.8%False Dilemma: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos