Topic summary
73% 1 analyzed article/video 528 analyzed words
BS Summary: These State Incentives results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Framing Effect , Self-Serving Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 23.3% saturation with 492 hits . Analysis detected 2,293 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,112 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 5.7% and a BS Rank of 81% (3,229 of 16,562 topics). This State Incentives is worse (more manipulative) than 80.50% of the peer group. State Incentives
Topic details
Total words: 2,112
Article count: 1
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81% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 80.5% percentile 5.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Optimism Bias Sitewide 6.0% Topic 23.3% 23.3% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 13.3% 13.3% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 7.5% 7.5% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 10.6% 10.6% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 4.3% 4.3% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 4.0% 4.0% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 3.6% 3.6% Biased Writer Voice Sitewide 5.3% Topic 2.5% 2.5% Unattributed Quote Sitewide 1.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% In-Group Bias Sitewide 6.9% Topic 5.0% 5.0% 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 13.3%, sitewide 26.9% Optimism Bias: Topic 23.3%, sitewide 6.0% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 11.1% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 10.6%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.0%, sitewide 9.1% Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.1%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.5%, sitewide 7.5% In-Group Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 6.9% Halo Effect: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 6.7% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 4.6% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 5.3% Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 1.1% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.3% Loss Aversion: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 2.5% Begging the Question: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.7% Pessimism Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.9% Primacy Effect: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 0.9% Appeal to Nature: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 0.2% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst