Topic summary
0%1 analyzed article/video651 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
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Topic details
Total words: 1,953
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

58% percentile
025507510058.1% percentile
3.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles2K 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 1.7%1.7%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 3.2%3.2%Self-Serving BiasSitewide 3.7%Topic 11.1%11.1%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.8%3.8%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.9%1.9%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 2.0%2.0%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 0.9%0.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 15.0%15.0%IndoctrinationSitewide 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 EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

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