Topic summary
⁠0%1 analyzed article/video262 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Usgs Observations results contain 14 faulty reasoning types, including Anchoring Bias, Recency Bias, and Appeal to Authority, with Availability Heuristic as the most egregious example at 41.3% saturation with 325 hits. Analysis detected 1,439 faulty-reasoning hits from 786 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 13.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠96% (740 of 15,765 topics). This Usgs Observations is worse (more manipulative) than 95.30% of the peer group.
Usgs Observations
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 786
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

95% percentile
025507510095.3% percentile
13.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles786 analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0%10%20%30%40%50%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 39.8%39.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 41.4%41.4%Recency BiasSitewide 2.7%Topic 21.5%21.5%Framing EffectSitewide 26.9%Topic 9.5%9.5%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 10.7%10.7%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 16.7%16.7%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 12.0%12.0%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 13.1%13.1%Ambiguity (Equivocation)Sitewide 0.8%Topic 3.0%3.0%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 5.5%5.5%

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%Availability Heuristic: Topic 41.4%, sitewide 9.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 39.8%, sitewide 4.0%Framing Effect: Topic 9.5%, sitewide 26.9%Recency Bias: Topic 21.5%, sitewide 2.7%Negativity Bias: Topic 10.7%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Authority: Topic 16.7%, sitewide 11.1%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 13.1%, sitewide 15.9%Hasty Generalization: Topic 12.0%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 5.5%, sitewide 7.5%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 3.3%Ambiguity (Equivocation): Topic 3.0%, sitewide 0.8%Pessimism Bias: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Red Herring: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 0.7%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 2.3%, sitewide 1.9%Availability HeuristicSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos