Topic summary
73%1 analyzed article/video528 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
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Topic details
Total words: 2,112
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

81% percentile
025507510080.5% percentile
5.7% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 23.3%23.3%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 13.3%13.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 7.5%7.5%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 10.6%10.6%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 4.3%4.3%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.0%4.0%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 3.6%3.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.5%2.5%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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