Topic summary
⁠59%4 analyzed articles/videos253 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Technology Sector results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Recency Bias, and Optimism Bias, with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 13.4% saturation with 580 hits. Analysis detected 4,531 faulty-reasoning hits from 4,313 analyzed words across 4 articles, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠58% (6,858 of 16,131 topics). This Technology Sector is worse (more manipulative) than 57.50% of the peer group.
Technology Sector
Topic details
Total words: 4,313
Article count: 4
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510057.5% percentile
3.4% BS Score4 analyzed articles4.3K 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 7.3%7.3%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 0.9%0.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 0.5%0.5%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 8.5%8.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 13.4%13.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.5%5.5%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 5.1%5.1%Quote-first MisdirectionSitewide 0.0%Topic 3.8%3.8%Pessimism BiasSitewide 1.9%Topic 5.6%5.6%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.3%2.3%

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 7.3%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 13.4%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 5.1%, sitewide 9.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 8.1%Recency Bias: Topic 8.5%, sitewide 2.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 6.0%Confirmation Bias: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 0.5%, sitewide 6.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 5.3%Pessimism Bias: Topic 5.6%, sitewide 1.9%Anecdotal: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3%Unattributed Quote: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 1.1%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 0.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.1%, sitewide 0.8%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 0.3%, sitewide 2.5%Bandwagon: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 2.2%Status Quo Bias: Topic 0.1%, sitewide 2.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos