Topic summary
34%1 analyzed article/video448 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Treasure results contain 17 faulty reasoning types, including Ambiguity (Equivocation), Representativeness Heuristic, and Confirmation Bias, with Appeal to Authority as the most egregious example at 15.2% saturation with 204 hits. Analysis detected 1,018 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,344 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.5% and a BS Rank of 72% (4,650 of 16,562 topics). This Treasure is worse (more manipulative) than 71.90% of the peer group.
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Topic details
Total words: 1,344
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510071.9% percentile
4.5% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 5.4%5.4%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 11.1%11.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 2.6%2.6%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 1.8%1.8%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%Topic 6.3%6.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.0%1.0%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 15.2%15.2%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.6%2.6%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%Topic 2.9%2.9%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 3.7%3.7%

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 5.4%, sitewide 26.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 15.2%, sitewide 11.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 11.1%, sitewide 0.8%Hasty Generalization: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 6.2%, sitewide 7.5%Halo Effect: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 6.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 1.9%Optimism Bias: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 6.0%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 5.2%Anchoring Bias: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 4.0%Begging the Question: Topic 3.6%, sitewide 1.7%Burden of Proof: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 0.4%Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 1.2%, sitewide 2.7%Recency Bias: Topic 2.6%, sitewide 2.7%Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.7%, sitewide 1.9%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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