Topic summary
⁠27%1 analyzed article/video714 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Taxonomy results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Confirmation Bias, Appeal to Authority, and Negativity Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 7.8% saturation with 223 hits. Analysis detected 2,078 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,856 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 2.6% and a BS Rank of ⁠42% (9,295 of 15,867 topics). This Taxonomy is better (less manipulative) than 58.60% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 2,856
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

41% percentile
025507510041.4% percentile
2.6% BS Score1 analyzed articles2.9K 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 2.7%2.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.5%1.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.3%5.3%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.6%5.6%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.9%3.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%False DilemmaSitewide 1.5%Topic 5.1%5.1%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.7%2.7%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.5%1.5%

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 2.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.3%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 8.1%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.8%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 5.3%False Dilemma: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 1.5%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 4.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 2.7%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Bandwagon: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.2%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 1.4%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 1.9%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.9%Composition/Division: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 0.2%Begging the Question: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 1.1%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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