Topic summary
0% 1 analyzed article/video 651 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Utility Failures results contain 27 faulty reasoning types, including Self-Serving Bias , Optimism Bias , and Hasty Generalization , with Negativity Bias as the most egregious example at 15% saturation with 293 hits . Analysis detected 1,795 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,953 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.4% and a BS Rank of 59% (6,943 of 16,562 topics). This Utility Failures is worse (more manipulative) than 58.10% of the peer group. Utility Failures
Topic details
Total words: 1,953
Article count: 1
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Ranking context Position among analyzed topics
58% percentile 0 25 50 75 100 58.1% percentile 3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K analyzed words
Reasoning profile Selected profile versus the sitewide rate
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Topic SitewideShared scale 0–50%
0.0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% Framing Effect Sitewide 26.9% Topic 1.7% 1.7% Appeal to Emotion Sitewide 15.9% Topic 3.2% 3.2% Self-Serving Bias Sitewide 3.7% Topic 11.1% 11.1% Appeal to Authority Sitewide 11.1% Topic 3.8% 3.8% Availability Heuristic Sitewide 9.1% Topic 3.5% 3.5% Confirmation Bias Sitewide 7.5% Topic 1.9% 1.9% Halo Effect Sitewide 6.7% Topic 2.0% 2.0% Anecdotal Sitewide 5.2% Topic 0.9% 0.9% Negativity Bias Sitewide 19.2% Topic 15.0% 15.0% Indoctrination Sitewide 0.0% Topic 3.9% 3.9% 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 1.7%, sitewide 26.9% Negativity Bias: Topic 15.0%, sitewide 19.2% Appeal to Emotion: Topic 3.2%, sitewide 15.9% Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 11.1% Self-Serving Bias: Topic 11.1%, sitewide 3.7% Availability Heuristic: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 9.1% Optimism Bias: Topic 9.0%, sitewide 6.0% Hasty Generalization: Topic 6.3%, sitewide 8.1% Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 7.5% Halo Effect: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 6.7% Biased Writer Voice: Topic 2.4%, sitewide 5.3% Anecdotal: Topic 0.9%, sitewide 5.2% Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 4.6% Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 4.0%, sitewide 3.3% Anchoring Bias: Topic 0.6%, sitewide 4.0% Indoctrination: Topic 3.9%, sitewide 0.0% Ad Hominem: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.2% Fundamental Attribution Error: Topic 3.1%, sitewide 2.7% Recency Bias: Topic 1.6%, sitewide 2.7% Loss Aversion: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 2.5% Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.5%, sitewide 1.4% False Dilemma: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 1.5% Politically Left Leaning Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 2.0% Pessimism Bias: Topic 0.8%, sitewide 1.9% Framing Effect Sitewide rate Topic rate Analyzed articles and videos Sort by Most recent Article rank - best Article rank - worst