Topic summary
⁠23%1 analyzed article/video341 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Village Council results contain 13 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Status Quo Bias, and Bandwagon, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 16.8% saturation with 172 hits. Analysis detected 416 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,023 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 3.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠54% (7,771 of 16,562 topics). This Village Council is worse (more manipulative) than 53.10% of the peer group.
Village Council
Topic ranking list
Topic details
Total words: 1,023
Article count: 1
Authors

Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

53% percentile
025507510053.1% percentile
3.1% BS Score1 analyzed articles1K analyzed words

Reasoning profile

Selected profile versus the sitewide rate

TopicSitewideShared scale 0–25%
0.0%5%10%15%20%25%Optimism BiasSitewide 6.0%Topic 16.8%16.8%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 3.5%3.5%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 1.3%1.3%Confirmation BiasSitewide 7.5%Topic 1.3%1.3%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 1.8%1.8%AnecdotalSitewide 5.2%Topic 2.0%2.0%Overconfidence BiasSitewide 4.6%Topic 1.5%1.5%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 1.1%1.1%Sunk Cost EffectSitewide 0.3%Topic 1.5%1.5%Post Hoc (False Cause)Sitewide 3.3%Topic 2.1%2.1%

Sitewide departure map

Above the diagonal means this profile uses the pattern more often

0.0%0.0%5%5%10%10%15%15%20%20%25%25%Optimism Bias: Topic 16.8%, sitewide 6.0%Appeal to Authority: Topic 3.5%, sitewide 11.1%Hasty Generalization: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 8.1%Confirmation Bias: Topic 1.3%, sitewide 7.5%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 1.8%, sitewide 5.3%Anecdotal: Topic 2.0%, sitewide 5.2%Overconfidence Bias: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 4.6%Anchoring Bias: Topic 1.1%, sitewide 4.0%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.1%, sitewide 3.3%Status Quo Bias: Topic 2.9%, sitewide 2.2%Bandwagon: Topic 2.7%, sitewide 2.2%False Dilemma: Topic 2.1%, sitewide 1.5%Sunk Cost Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.3%Optimism BiasSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos