Topic summary
⁠0%2 analyzed articles/videos630 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Ufo Sightings results contain 28 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Framing Effect, and Anecdotal, with Confirmation Bias as the most egregious example at 15.7% saturation with 395 hits. Analysis detected 3,125 faulty-reasoning hits from 2,520 analyzed words across 2 articles, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (4,693 of 16,559 topics). This Ufo Sightings is worse (more manipulative) than 71.70% of the peer group.
Ufo Sightings
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Topic details
Total words: 2,520
Article count: 2
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510071.7% percentile
4.4% BS Score2 analyzed articles2.5K 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 9.7%9.7%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 5.0%5.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 6.1%6.1%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 15.7%15.7%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 0.2%0.2%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 5.4%5.4%Unattributed QuoteSitewide 1.1%Topic 4.9%4.9%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 8.8%8.8%Begging the QuestionSitewide 1.7%Topic 5.0%5.0%Burden of ProofSitewide 0.4%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 9.7%, sitewide 26.9%Negativity Bias: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 15.9%Confirmation Bias: Topic 15.7%, sitewide 7.5%Appeal to Authority: Topic 11.5%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.7%, sitewide 9.1%Anecdotal: Topic 8.8%, sitewide 5.2%Hasty Generalization: Topic 8.3%, sitewide 8.1%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 7.7%, sitewide 4.6%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 7.3%, sitewide 5.3%Optimism Bias: Topic 0.2%, sitewide 6.0%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 5.4%, sitewide 0.8%Begging the Question: Topic 5.0%, sitewide 1.7%Unattributed Quote: Topic 4.9%, sitewide 1.1%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 4.3%, sitewide 1.9%Burden of Proof: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection: Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.0%Recency Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 2.2%Ad Hominem: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.2%Genetic Fallacy: Topic 1.0%, sitewide 1.4%Horn Effect: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 1.0%Blind-Spot Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 0.2%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos