Topic summary
⁠17%1 analyzed article/video431 analyzed words
BS Summary: These Vintage Computing results contain 19 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Anchoring Bias, and Availability Heuristic, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 22.9% saturation with 296 hits. Analysis detected 1,092 faulty-reasoning hits from 1,293 analyzed words across 1 article, generating a BS Score of 4.4% and a BS Rank of ⁠72% (4,675 of 16,562 topics). This Vintage Computing is worse (more manipulative) than 71.80% of the peer group.
Vintage Computing
Topic details
Total words: 1,293
Article count: 1
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Ranking context

Position among analyzed topics

72% percentile
025507510071.8% percentile
4.4% BS Score1 analyzed articles1.3K 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 1.4%1.4%Biased Writer VoiceSitewide 5.3%Topic 22.9%22.9%Negativity BiasSitewide 19.2%Topic 2.2%2.2%Appeal to EmotionSitewide 15.9%Topic 1.4%1.4%Appeal to AuthoritySitewide 11.1%Topic 5.2%5.2%Anchoring BiasSitewide 4.0%Topic 7.2%7.2%Availability HeuristicSitewide 9.1%Topic 6.1%6.1%Hasty GeneralizationSitewide 8.1%Topic 5.8%5.8%Halo EffectSitewide 6.7%Topic 8.7%8.7%Representativeness Heuris…Sitewide 1.9%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 1.4%, sitewide 26.9%Biased Writer Voice: Topic 22.9%, sitewide 5.3%Negativity Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 19.2%Appeal to Emotion: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 15.9%Appeal to Authority: Topic 5.2%, sitewide 11.1%Availability Heuristic: Topic 6.1%, sitewide 9.1%Halo Effect: Topic 8.7%, sitewide 6.7%Hasty Generalization: Topic 5.8%, sitewide 8.1%Anchoring Bias: Topic 7.2%, sitewide 4.0%Anecdotal: Topic 3.8%, sitewide 5.2%Representativeness Heuristic: Topic 3.7%, sitewide 1.9%Self-Serving Bias: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 3.7%Post Hoc (False Cause): Topic 2.8%, sitewide 3.3%Hindsight Bias: Topic 2.8%, sitewide 1.4%Recency Bias: Topic 2.2%, sitewide 2.7%Status Quo Bias: Topic 1.7%, sitewide 2.2%Unattributed Quote: Topic 1.9%, sitewide 1.1%Primacy Effect: Topic 1.5%, sitewide 0.9%Attempt to Sell a Product or Service: Topic 1.4%, sitewide 0.5%Framing EffectSitewide rateTopic rate

Analyzed articles and videos