Topic summary
⁠37%2 analyzed articles/videos741 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Traffic Collision results contain 31 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Emotion, Negativity Bias, and Anecdotal, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 27.7% saturation with 681 hits. Analysis detected 3,152 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,459 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠69% (5,198 of 16,562 topics). This Traffic Collision is worse (more manipulative) than 68.60% of the peer group.
Traffic Collision
Topic details

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

69% percentile
025507510068.6% percentile
4.1% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.5K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.7%2.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.8%0.8%In-Group BiasSitewide 6.9%Topic 2.1%2.1%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 4.4%4.4%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.4%2.4%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 3.6%3.6%Out-Group Homogeneity BiasSitewide 3.1%Topic 6.8%6.8%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.1%1.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 7.6%7.6%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 2.0%2.0%

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 27.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 17.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 17.9%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 7.6%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 4.4%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.4%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 7.5%In-Group Bias: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 6.9%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias: Topic 6.8%, sitewide 3.1%Halo Effect: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 6.7%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 6.0%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 5.9%, sitewide 3.7%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.3%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 1.3%, sitewide 3.3%Recency Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 2.7%Loss Aversion: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.5%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.4%Red Herring: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 0.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 1.9%Slippery Slope: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 1.7%Begging the Question: Topic 0.4%, sitewide 1.7%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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